org.apache.jmeter.gui
Class GUIFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.jmeter.gui.GUIFactory

public final class GUIFactory
extends Object

Provides a way to register and retrieve GUI classes and icons.

Method Summary

static JComponent	getGUI(Class<?> elementClass) Get a component instance which has previously been registered for this class object.
static ImageIcon	getIcon(Class<?> elementClass) Get an icon which has previously been registered for this class object.
static ImageIcon	getIcon(Class<?> elementClass, boolean enabled) Get icon/disabledicon which has previously been registered for this class object.
static void	registerDisabledIcon(String key, ImageIcon icon) Register an icon so that it can later be retrieved via getIcon(Class).
static void	registerGUI(String key, Class<?> guiClass, Class<?> testClass) Register a GUI class so that it can later be retrieved via getGUI(Class).
static void	registerIcon(String key, ImageIcon icon) Register an icon so that it can later be retrieved via getIcon(Class).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getIcon

public static ImageIcon getIcon(Class<?> elementClass)

Get an icon which has previously been registered for this class object.

Parameters:

elementClass - the class object which we want to get an icon for

Returns:

the associated icon, or null if this class or its superclass has not been registered

getIcon

public static ImageIcon getIcon(Class<?> elementClass,
                                boolean enabled)

Get icon/disabledicon which has previously been registered for this class object.

Parameters:

elementClass - the class object which we want to get an icon for

enabled - - is icon enabled

Returns:

the associated icon, or null if this class or its superclass has not been registered

getGUI

public static JComponent getGUI(Class<?> elementClass)

Get a component instance which has previously been registered for this class object.

Parameters:

elementClass - the class object which we want to get an instance of

Returns:

an instance of the class, or null if this class or its superclass has not been registered

registerIcon

public static void registerIcon(String key,
                                ImageIcon icon)

Register an icon so that it can later be retrieved via getIcon(Class). The key should match the fully-qualified class name for the class used as the parameter when retrieving the icon.

Parameters:

key - the name which can be used to retrieve this icon later

icon - the icon to store

registerDisabledIcon

public static void registerDisabledIcon(String key,
                                        ImageIcon icon)

Register an icon so that it can later be retrieved via getIcon(Class). The key should match the fully-qualified class name for the class used as the parameter when retrieving the icon.

Parameters:

key - the name which can be used to retrieve this icon later

icon - the icon to store

registerGUI

public static void registerGUI(String key,
                               Class<?> guiClass,
                               Class<?> testClass)
                        throws InstantiationException,
                               IllegalAccessException

Register a GUI class so that it can later be retrieved via getGUI(Class). The key should match the fully-qualified class name for the class used as the parameter when retrieving the GUI.

Parameters:

key - the name which can be used to retrieve this GUI later

guiClass - the class object for the GUI component

testClass - the class of the objects edited by this GUI

Throws:

InstantiationException - if an instance of the GUI class can not be instantiated

IllegalAccessException - if access rights do not permit an instance of the GUI class to be created