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JDK 1.6
  java.beans. FeatureDescriptor View Source
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Description
public class FeatureDescriptor
  The FeatureDescriptor class is the common baseclass for PropertyDescriptor, EventSetDescriptor, and MethodDescriptor, etc.
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Constructors
public FeatureDescriptor ()
Constructs a FeatureDescriptor.
pack-private FeatureDescriptor (FeatureDescriptor old)
pack-private FeatureDescriptor (FeatureDescriptor x, FeatureDescriptor y)
  Package-private constructor, Merge information from two FeatureDescriptors.
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public Enumeration<String> attributeNames ()
  Gets an enumeration of the locale-independent names of this feature.
pack-privatestatic String capitalize (String s)
pack-privatestatic Reference createReference (Object obj)
pack-privatestatic Reference createReference (Object obj, boolean soft)
  Create a Reference wrapper for the object.
pack-private Class getClass0 ()
public String getDisplayName ()
  Gets the localized display name of this feature.
public String getName ()
  Gets the programmatic name of this feature.
pack-privatestatic Object getObject (Reference ref)
  Returns an object from a Reference wrapper.
public String getShortDescription ()
  Gets the short description of this feature.
public Object getValue (String attributeName)
  Retrieve a named attribute with this feature.
public boolean isExpert ()
  The "expert" flag is used to distinguish between those features that are intended for expert users from those that are intended for normal users.
public boolean isHidden ()
  The "hidden" flag is used to identify features that are intended only for tool use, and which should not be exposed to humans.
public boolean isPreferred ()
  The "preferred" flag is used to identify features that are particularly important for presenting to humans.
pack-private void setClass0 (Class cls)
public void setDisplayName (String displayName)
  Sets the localized display name of this feature.
public void setExpert (boolean expert)
  The "expert" flag is used to distinguish between features that are intended for expert users from those that are intended for normal users.
public void setHidden (boolean hidden)
  The "hidden" flag is used to identify features that are intended only for tool use, and which should not be exposed to humans.
public void setName (String name)
  Sets the programmatic name of this feature.
public void setPreferred (boolean preferred)
  The "preferred" flag is used to identify features that are particularly important for presenting to humans.
public void setShortDescription (String text)
  You can associate a short descriptive string with a feature.
public void setValue (String attributeName, Object value)
  Associate a named attribute with this feature.
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