AppletTalk.com Java discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Swing JPanel generator from class (for class attribute editi          AppletTalk.com Forum Index -> Java GUI Toolkits View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message John Abraham Guest Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 8:23 pm    Post subject: Swing JPanel generator from class (for class attribute editi Is there any tool (public domain or otherwise) that will generate JPanels or JDialogs to edit the attributes of a class? A default instance editor? I've looked at many of the GUI builders, and for the most part I think I prefer to hand code my GUI code. But it would be nice to have an initial implementation to start with -- a JTextField in the view-controller for every String in the model, a JTable for every array or ArrayList in the model, a button for every class reference variable that would open a dialog for that class, a checkbox for every boolean, etc. It seems like it would be easy to generate such code. It must be, because I keep typing the same mindless things over and over. -- John Abraham jabraham (at) ucalgary (dot) ca Back to top Roedy Green Guest Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 9:13 pm    Post subject: Re: Swing JPanel generator from class (for class attribute e On 24 Jun 2004 13:23:41 -0700, [email]jabrahamsspam (AT) mailinator (DOT) com[/email] (John Abraham) wrote or quoted : Quote: Is there any tool (public domain or otherwise) that will generate JPanels or JDialogs to edit the attributes of a class? A default instance editor? I've looked at many of the GUI builders, and for the most part I think I prefer to hand code my GUI code. But it would be nice to have an initial implementation to start with -- a JTextField in the view-controller for every String in the model, a JTable for every array or ArrayList in the model, a button for every class reference variable that would open a dialog for that class, a checkbox for every boolean, etc. It seems like it would be easy to generate such code. It must be, because I keep typing the same mindless things over and over. I call those things stompers. I have posted code for them and got a rain of cabbages for wasting bandwidth. I you send me an unmunged email I will send you mine you can tweak for yourself. I don't release them as products since they are not usable without tuning for your own circumstances. -- Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green. Coaching, problem solving, economical contract programming. See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jgloss.html for The Java Glossary. Back to top Will Hartung Guest Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 9:15 pm    Post subject: Re: Swing JPanel generator from class (for class attribute e "John Abraham" <jabrahamsspam (AT) mailinator (DOT) com> wrote Quote: Is there any tool (public domain or otherwise) that will generate JPanels or JDialogs to edit the attributes of a class? A default instance editor? I can't think of any specific examples, but there may be something "stealable" from any of the IDEs that let you edit JavaBean components, because that's basically the same thing. Most seem to use a JTable for the entire thing. Other than that, it's a pretty a simple matter to hack something out using reflection. Layout is always a detail, plus label names and value validation. That immediately expands the scope from a "simple hack" to something else. It would take me 1-2 hours to rough that out if I punted on collections in a JTable (because then you need to make a dynamic model to support the beans in the collection, which is essentially the exact same problem using a JTable instead of the JPanel -- plus I don't have a good dynamic JTable working well yet). But it is a good idea, and I may just write something like that. Regards, Will Hartung (willh (AT) msoft (DOT) com) Back to top John Abraham Guest Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 5:01 pm    Post subject: Re: Swing JPanel generator from class (for class attribute e Roedy Green <look-on (AT) mindprod (DOT) com.invalid> wrote Quote: On 24 Jun 2004 13:23:41 -0700, [email]jabrahamsspam (AT) mailinator (DOT) com[/email] (John Abraham) wrote or quoted : Is there any tool (public domain or otherwise) that will generate JPanels or JDialogs to edit the attributes of a class? A default instance editor? I call those things stompers. I have posted code for them and got a rain of cabbages for wasting bandwidth. I you send me an unmunged email I will send you mine you can tweak for yourself. I don't release them as products since they are not usable without tuning for your own circumstances. Ok, cool, thanks. I'll email you directly. Interestingly when searching google I found that I posted virtually the same post in June of 1999, 5 years ago! The more things change... 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