org.apache.geronimo.common.propertyeditor
Class AbstractCollectionEditor

java.lang.Object
  java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport
      org.apache.geronimo.common.propertyeditor.AbstractCollectionEditor

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertyEditor

Direct Known Subclasses:

ArrayListEditor, CollectionEditor, HashSetEditor, LinkedListEditor, ListEditor, SetEditor, StackEditor, TreeSetEditor, VectorEditor

public abstract class AbstractCollectionEditor
extends PropertyEditorSupport

An abstract collection editor. Subclasses should provide the correct type of collection from the createCollection method and should override setValue to check the type of the value.

Constructor Summary

AbstractCollectionEditor()

Method Summary

protected abstract Collection	createCollection() Concrete subclasses should implement this method to create the correct type of collection.
void	setAsText(String text)

Methods inherited from class java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, getAsText, getCustomEditor, getJavaInitializationString, getSource, getTags, getValue, isPaintable, paintValue, removePropertyChangeListener, setSource, setValue, supportsCustomEditor

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractCollectionEditor

public AbstractCollectionEditor()

Method Detail

createCollection

protected abstract Collection createCollection()

Concrete subclasses should implement this method to create the correct type of collection.

Returns:

an empty instance of the type of collection the subclass edits.

setAsText

public void setAsText(String text)

Specified by:

setAsText in interface PropertyEditor

Overrides:

setAsText in class PropertyEditorSupport