BeanInfo JDK 1.6)

Description

public interface BeanInfo

A bean implementor who wishes to provide explicit information about their bean may provide a BeanInfo class that implements this BeanInfo interface and provides explicit information about the methods, properties, events, etc, of their bean.

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Methods

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public BeanInfo getAdditionalBeanInfo ()

This method allows a BeanInfo object to return an arbitrary collection of other BeanInfo objects that provide additional information on the current bean.

public BeanDescriptor getBeanDescriptor ()

Gets the beans BeanDescriptor.

Gets the beans BeanDescriptor.
Returns: A BeanDescriptor providing overall information about the bean, such as its displayName, its customizer, etc. May return null if the information should be obtained by automatic analysis.

public int getDefaultEventIndex ()

A bean may have a "default" event that is the event that will mostly commonly be used by humans when using the bean.

public int getDefaultPropertyIndex ()

A bean may have a "default" property that is the property that will mostly commonly be initially chosen for update by human's who are customizing the bean.

public EventSetDescriptor getEventSetDescriptors ()

Gets the beans EventSetDescriptors.

Gets the beans EventSetDescriptors.
Returns: An array of EventSetDescriptors describing the kinds of events fired by this bean. May return null if the information should be obtained by automatic analysis.

public Image getIcon (int iconKind)

This method returns an image object that can be used to represent the bean in toolboxes, toolbars, etc.

public MethodDescriptor getMethodDescriptors ()

Gets the beans MethodDescriptors.

Gets the beans MethodDescriptors.
Returns: An array of MethodDescriptors describing the externally visible methods supported by this bean. May return null if the information should be obtained by automatic analysis.

public PropertyDescriptor getPropertyDescriptors ()

Gets the beans PropertyDescriptors.

Gets the beans PropertyDescriptors.
Returns: An array of PropertyDescriptors describing the editable properties supported by this bean. May return null if the information should be obtained by automatic analysis.

If a property is indexed, then its entry in the result array will belong to the IndexedPropertyDescriptor subclass of PropertyDescriptor. A client of getPropertyDescriptors can use "instanceof" to check if a given PropertyDescriptor is an IndexedPropertyDescriptor.