org.jfree.ui.action

Class ActionButton


public class ActionButton
extends JButton

The ActionButton is used to connect an Action and its properties to a Button. This functionality is already implemented in JDK 1.3 but needed for JDK 1.2.2 compatibility.
Author:
Thomas Morgner

Constructor Summary

ActionButton()
Creates a Button without any text and without an assigned Action.
ActionButton(Action action)
Nreates an ActionButton and assigns the given action with the button.
ActionButton(Icon icon)
Creates an ActionButton and sets the given icon on the button.
ActionButton(String text)
Creates a Button and set the given text as label.
ActionButton(String text, Icon icon)
Creates an ActionButton and sets the given text and icon on the button.

Method Summary

Action
getAction()
Returns the assigned action or null if no action has been assigned.
void
setAction(Action newAction)
Assigns the given action to this button.
void
setEnabled(boolean b)
Enables and disables this button and if an action is assigned to this button the propertychange is forwarded to the assigned action.

Constructor Details

ActionButton

public ActionButton()
Creates a Button without any text and without an assigned Action.

ActionButton

public ActionButton(Action action)
Nreates an ActionButton and assigns the given action with the button.
Parameters:
action - the action.

ActionButton

public ActionButton(Icon icon)
Creates an ActionButton and sets the given icon on the button.
Parameters:
icon - the icon for the button.

ActionButton

public ActionButton(String text)
Creates a Button and set the given text as label.
Parameters:
text - the label for the new button.

ActionButton

public ActionButton(String text,
                    Icon icon)
Creates an ActionButton and sets the given text and icon on the button.
Parameters:
text - the label for the new button.
icon - the icon for the button.

Method Details

getAction

public Action getAction()
Returns the assigned action or null if no action has been assigned.
Returns:
the action (possibly null).

setAction

public void setAction(Action newAction)
Assigns the given action to this button. The properties of the action will be assigned to the button. If an previous action was set, the old action is unregistered.

  • NAME - specifies the button text
  • SMALL_ICON - specifies the buttons icon
  • MNEMONIC_KEY - specifies the buttons mnemonic key
  • ACCELERATOR_KEY - specifies the buttons accelerator
Parameters:
newAction - the new action

setEnabled

public void setEnabled(boolean b)
Enables and disables this button and if an action is assigned to this button the propertychange is forwarded to the assigned action.
Parameters:
b - the new enable-state of this button