net.wotonomy.ui.swing.components
Class BetterRootLayout

java.lang.Object
  java.awt.BorderLayout
      net.wotonomy.ui.swing.components.BetterRootLayout

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.awt.LayoutManager, java.awt.LayoutManager2, java.io.Serializable

public class BetterRootLayout
extends java.awt.BorderLayout

A custom layout for a JRootPane that handles the the layout of a JRootPane's layeredPane, glassPane, and menuBar, and in addition handles four decorative components arranged in a border layout. Add the decorative components to the JRootPane using the directional constants; CENTER is reserved for the content pane and menu bar.

Version:

$Revision: 904 $

Author:

michael@mpowers.net

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.awt.BorderLayout

AFTER_LAST_LINE, AFTER_LINE_ENDS, BEFORE_FIRST_LINE, BEFORE_LINE_BEGINS, CENTER, EAST, LINE_END, LINE_START, NORTH, PAGE_END, PAGE_START, SOUTH, WEST

Constructor Summary

BetterRootLayout()

Method Summary

void	addLayoutComponent(java.awt.Component comp, java.lang.Object constraints) Passes NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST and CENTER to super implementation, and ignores all others.
void	layoutContainer(java.awt.Container parent) Instructs the layout manager to perform the layout for the specified container.
java.awt.Dimension	maximumLayoutSize(java.awt.Container target) Returns the maximum amount of space the layout can use.
java.awt.Dimension	minimumLayoutSize(java.awt.Container parent) Returns the minimum amount of space the layout needs.
java.awt.Dimension	preferredLayoutSize(java.awt.Container parent) Returns the amount of space the layout would like to have.

Methods inherited from class java.awt.BorderLayout

addLayoutComponent, getConstraints, getHgap, getLayoutAlignmentX, getLayoutAlignmentY, getLayoutComponent, getLayoutComponent, getVgap, invalidateLayout, removeLayoutComponent, setHgap, setVgap, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BetterRootLayout

public BetterRootLayout()

Method Detail

preferredLayoutSize

public java.awt.Dimension preferredLayoutSize(java.awt.Container parent)

Returns the amount of space the layout would like to have.

Specified by:

preferredLayoutSize in interface java.awt.LayoutManager

Overrides:

preferredLayoutSize in class java.awt.BorderLayout

Parameters:

the - Container for which this layout manager is being used

Returns:

a Dimension object containing the layout's preferred size

Throws:

java.lang.ClassCastException - if parent is not a JRootPane

minimumLayoutSize

public java.awt.Dimension minimumLayoutSize(java.awt.Container parent)

Returns the minimum amount of space the layout needs.

Specified by:

minimumLayoutSize in interface java.awt.LayoutManager

Overrides:

minimumLayoutSize in class java.awt.BorderLayout

Parameters:

the - Container for which this layout manager is being used

Returns:

a Dimension object containing the layout's minimum size

Throws:

java.lang.ClassCastException - if parent is not a JRootPane

maximumLayoutSize

public java.awt.Dimension maximumLayoutSize(java.awt.Container target)

Returns the maximum amount of space the layout can use.

Specified by:

maximumLayoutSize in interface java.awt.LayoutManager2

Overrides:

maximumLayoutSize in class java.awt.BorderLayout

Parameters:

the - Container for which this layout manager is being used

Returns:

a Dimension object containing the layout's maximum size

Throws:

java.lang.ClassCastException - if parent is not a JRootPane

layoutContainer

public void layoutContainer(java.awt.Container parent)

Instructs the layout manager to perform the layout for the specified container.

Specified by:

layoutContainer in interface java.awt.LayoutManager

Overrides:

layoutContainer in class java.awt.BorderLayout

Parameters:

the - Container for which this layout manager is being used

Throws:

java.lang.ClassCastException - if parent is not a JRootPane

addLayoutComponent

public void addLayoutComponent(java.awt.Component comp,
                               java.lang.Object constraints)

Passes NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST and CENTER to super implementation, and ignores all others.

Specified by:

addLayoutComponent in interface java.awt.LayoutManager2

Overrides:

addLayoutComponent in class java.awt.BorderLayout