Customizer (Java Platform SE 8 ) (original) (raw)

public interface Customizer
A customizer class provides a complete custom GUI for customizing a target Java Bean.
Each customizer should inherit from the java.awt.Component class so it can be instantiated inside an AWT dialog or panel.
Each customizer should have a null constructor.

• • Method Summary

  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  void	addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener)	Register a listener for the PropertyChange event.
  void	removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener)	Remove a listener for the PropertyChange event.
  void	setObject(Object bean)	Set the object to be customized.

• • Method Detail

     * #### setObject  
     void setObject([Object](../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang") bean)  
     Set the object to be customized. This method should be called only once, before the Customizer has been added to any parent AWT container.  
     Parameters:  
     `bean` \- The object to be customized.  
     * #### addPropertyChangeListener  
     void addPropertyChangeListener([PropertyChangeListener](../../java/beans/PropertyChangeListener.html "interface in java.beans") listener)  
     Register a listener for the PropertyChange event. The customizer should fire a PropertyChange event whenever it changes the target bean in a way that might require the displayed properties to be refreshed.  
     Parameters:  
     `listener` \- An object to be invoked when a PropertyChange event is fired.  
     * #### removePropertyChangeListener  
     void removePropertyChangeListener([PropertyChangeListener](../../java/beans/PropertyChangeListener.html "interface in java.beans") listener)  
     Remove a listener for the PropertyChange event.  
     Parameters:  
     `listener` \- The PropertyChange listener to be removed.

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