net.wotonomy.ui.swing.util
Class ComponentHighlighter

java.lang.Object
  net.wotonomy.ui.swing.util.ComponentHighlighter

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.awt.event.ActionListener, java.util.EventListener

public class ComponentHighlighter
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.awt.event.ActionListener

Visually highlights a component with the specified image for a brief period.

Version:

$Revision: 904 $ $Date: 2006-02-18 23:19:05 +0000 (Sat, 18 Feb 2006) $

Author:

michael@mpowers.net, $Author: cgruber $

Constructor Summary

ComponentHighlighter(javax.swing.JComponent aComponent, java.awt.Image anImage)
"Fire-and-forget" constructor.

ComponentHighlighter(javax.swing.JComponent aComponent, java.net.URL aURL)
Alternate "Fire-and-forget" constructor loads an image from a URL.

Method Summary

void	actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt)
protected void	init(javax.swing.JComponent aComponent, java.awt.Image anImage)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ComponentHighlighter

public ComponentHighlighter(javax.swing.JComponent aComponent,
                            java.net.URL aURL)

Alternate "Fire-and-forget" constructor loads an image from a URL.

Parameters:

aComponent - A Component that will be highlighted.

aURL - A URL pointing to an image.

ComponentHighlighter

public ComponentHighlighter(javax.swing.JComponent aComponent,
                            java.awt.Image anImage)

"Fire-and-forget" constructor.

Parameters:

aComponent - A Component that will be highlighted.

anImage - An image, preferably an animated GIF with transparency, that will slide along the length of the component.

Method Detail

init

protected void init(javax.swing.JComponent aComponent,
                    java.awt.Image anImage)

actionPerformed

public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt)

Specified by:

actionPerformed in interface java.awt.event.ActionListener