org.eclipse.ui.views.properties
Class TextPropertyDescriptor

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.PropertyDescriptor
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        +--org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.TextPropertyDescriptor

All Implemented Interfaces:

IPropertyDescriptor

public class TextPropertyDescriptor

extends PropertyDescriptor

Descriptor for a property that has a value which should be edited with a text cell editor.

This class may be instantiated; it is not intended to be subclassed.

Example:

 IPropertyDescriptor pd = new TextPropertyDescriptor("surname", "Last Name");
 

Constructor Summary

TextPropertyDescriptor(Object id, String displayName)
Creates an property descriptor with the given id and display name.

Method Summary

CellEditor

createPropertyEditor(Composite parent) The TextPropertyDescriptor implementation of this IPropertyDescriptor method creates and returns a new TextCellEditor.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.PropertyDescriptor

getAlwaysIncompatible, getCategory, getDescription, getDisplayName, getFilterFlags, getHelpContextIds, getId, getLabelProvider, getValidator, isCompatibleWith, setAlwaysIncompatible, setCategory, setDescription, setFilterFlags, setHelpContextIds, setLabelProvider, setValidator

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TextPropertyDescriptor

public TextPropertyDescriptor(Object id,
                              String displayName)

Creates an property descriptor with the given id and display name.

Parameters:

id - the id of the property

displayName - the name to display for the property

Method Detail

createPropertyEditor

public CellEditor createPropertyEditor(Composite parent)

The TextPropertyDescriptor implementation of this IPropertyDescriptor method creates and returns a new TextCellEditor.

The editor is configured with the current validator if there is one.

Specified by:

createPropertyEditor in interface IPropertyDescriptor

Overrides:

createPropertyEditor in class PropertyDescriptor

Parameters:

parent - the parent widget for the cell editor

Returns:

the cell editor for this property, or null if this property cannot be edited