org.jdesktop.swingx.autocomplete
Class Configurator

java.lang.Object
  org.jdesktop.swingx.autocomplete.Configurator

public class Configurator
extends java.lang.Object

This class contains only static utility methods that can be used to set up automatic completion for some Swing components.

Usage examples:

JComboBox comboBox = [...];
Configurator.enableAutoCompletion(comboBox);

JList list = [...];
JTextField textField = [...];
Configurator.enableAutoCompletion(list, textField);

Author:

Thomas Bierhance

Constructor Summary

Configurator()

Method Summary

static void	configureTextComponent(javax.swing.text.JTextComponent textComponent, Document document, AbstractComponentAdaptor adaptor) Configures a given text component for automatic completion using the given Document and AbstractComponentAdaptor.
static void	enableAutoCompletion(javax.swing.JComboBox comboBox) Enables automatic completion for the given JComboBox.
static void	enableAutoCompletion(javax.swing.JList list, javax.swing.text.JTextComponent textComponent) Enables automatic completion for the given JTextComponent based on the items contained in the given JList.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Configurator

public Configurator()

Method Detail

enableAutoCompletion

public static void enableAutoCompletion(javax.swing.JList list,
                                        javax.swing.text.JTextComponent textComponent)

Enables automatic completion for the given JTextComponent based on the items contained in the given JList. The two components will be synchronized. The automatic completion will always be strict.

Parameters:

list - a list

textComponent - the text component that will be used for automatic completion.

enableAutoCompletion

public static void enableAutoCompletion(javax.swing.JComboBox comboBox)

Enables automatic completion for the given JComboBox. The automatic completion will be strict (only items from the combo box can be selected) if the combo box is not editable.

Parameters:

comboBox - a combobox

configureTextComponent

public static void configureTextComponent(javax.swing.text.JTextComponent textComponent,
                                          Document document,
                                          AbstractComponentAdaptor adaptor)

Configures a given text component for automatic completion using the given Document and AbstractComponentAdaptor.

Parameters:

textComponent - a text component that should be configured

document - the Document to be installed on the text component

adaptor - the AbstractComponentAdaptor to be used