Class java.beans.PropertyEditorManager 
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Class java.beans.PropertyEditorManager 

java.lang.Object
   |
   +----java.beans.PropertyEditorManager
public class PropertyEditorManager
extends Object
The PropertyEditorManager can be used to locate a property editor for any given type name. This property editor must support the java.beans.PropertyEditor interface for editing a given object.

The PropertyEditorManager uses three techniques for locating an editor for a given type. First, it provides a registerEditor method to allow an editor to be specifically registered for a given type. Second it tries to locate a suitable class by adding "Editor" to the full qualified classname of the given type (e.g. "foo.bah.FozEditor"). Finally it takes the simple classname (without the package name) adds "Editor" to it and looks in a search-path of packages for a matching class.

So for an input class foo.bah.Fred, the PropertyEditorManager would first look in its tables to see if an editor had been registered for foo.bah.Fred and if so use that. Then it will look for a foo.bah.FredEditor class. Then it will look for (say) standardEditorsPackage.FredEditor class.

Constructor Index

o PropertyEditorManager()

Method Index

o findEditor(String)
Locate a value editor for a given target type.
o getEditorSearchPath()
o registerEditor(String, String)
Register an editor class to be used to editor values of a given target class.
o setEditorSearchPath(String[])
Change the list of package names that will be used for finding property editors.

Constructors

o PropertyEditorManager 
  public PropertyEditorManager()

Methods

o registerEditor 
  public static void registerEditor(String targetTypeName,
                                    String editorClassName)
Register an editor class to be used to editor values of a given target class.
Parameters:
targetTypeName - the name of the type to be edited
editorClassName - the name of the editor class
o findEditor 
  public static PropertyEditor findEditor(String targetTypeName)
Locate a value editor for a given target type.
Parameters:
targetTypeName - the name of the type to be edited
Returns:
An editor object for the given target class name. The result is null if no suitable editor can be found.
o getEditorSearchPath 
  public static String[] getEditorSearchPath()
Returns:
The array of package names that will be searched in order to find property editors.

This is initially set to {"java.beans.editors"}.

o setEditorSearchPath 
  public static void setEditorSearchPath(String path[])
Change the list of package names that will be used for finding property editors.
Parameters:
path - Array of package names. 
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