propertymanager.java

PIY(Program It Yourself)是一个基于Java的应用程序开发环境

package piy;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.lang.reflect.*;

/**
* Uses ClassSupport to offer a property editting interface for users.  A "holder" class, ie. one
* with some properties to edit is fed in to this class, which determines which of the properties
* in "holder" can be editted by PIY, and can return an array of ClassSupport objects set
* up and ready to be used.
* @author David Vivash
* @version 1.0.2, 10/02/01
*/
public class PropertyManager
{
	/**
	* Each  of these classes is a ClassSupport class, which have not yet been instatiated.
	* To find out which classes they support, you must first instatiate them and then
	* call the "getSupportedType()" method.
	*/
	private Class[] support;

	/**
	* Start the property manager with the specified class support classes.
	* @param support the classes representing ClassSupport classes - each ClassSupport class
	* supports a particular "datatype"
	*/
	public PropertyManager(Class[] support) {
		this.support = support;
	}

	/**
	* Retrieves all of the class support objects (which are implicitly bound to the properties)
	* which offer editting support for all of the properties in the holder class.
	* @param holder the object for which to get property object support for
	* @param baseClass how far up the object heirarchy to go in retrieving properties
	* @param standard if the class is a standard GUI component, setting this to true ensures the position
	* and size are counted as properties
	* @param standardRoute if standard properties are being used, this should be set to null to imply
	* the properties get routed directly through the holder, or can be set to point to a different
	* object if the properties should be set indirectly.  Note:  the properties get rediected to
	* the names S