org.fife.jgoodies.looks.common
Class ShadowPopupFactory

java.lang.Object
  javax.swing.PopupFactory
      org.fife.jgoodies.looks.common.ShadowPopupFactory

public final class ShadowPopupFactory
extends javax.swing.PopupFactory

The JGoodies Looks implementation of PopupFactory. Adds a drop shadow border to all popups except ComboBox popups. It is installed by the JGoodies Plastic L&F, as well as by the JGoodies Windows L&F during the Look&Feel initialization, see com.jgoodies.looks.plastic.PlasticLookAndFeel#initialize com.jgoodies.looks.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel#initialize.

This factory shall not be used on platforms that provide native drop shadows, such as the Mac OS X. Therefore the invocation of the install() method will have no effect on such platforms.

Note: To be used in a sandbox environment, this PopupFactory requires two AWT permissions: createRobot and readDisplayPixels. The reason for it is, that in the case of the heavy weight popups this PopupFactory uses a Robot to snapshot the screen background to simulate the drop shadow effect.

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $

Author:

Karsten Lentzsch

See Also:

AWTPermission, Robot, Popup

Method Summary

javax.swing.Popup	getPopup(java.awt.Component owner, java.awt.Component contents, int x, int y) Creates a Popup for the Component owner containing the Component contents.
static void	install() Installs the ShadowPopupFactory as the shared popup factory on non-Mac platforms.
static void	uninstall() Uninstalls the ShadowPopupFactory and restores the original popup factory as the new shared popup factory.

Methods inherited from class javax.swing.PopupFactory

getSharedInstance, setSharedInstance

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

install

public static void install()

Installs the ShadowPopupFactory as the shared popup factory on non-Mac platforms. Also stores the previously set factory, so that it can be restored in #uninstall.

In some Mac Java environments the popup factory throws a NullPointerException when we call #getPopup.

TODO: The Mac case shows that we may have problems replacing non PopupFactory instances. Therefore we should consider replacing only instances of PopupFactory.

See Also:

uninstall()

uninstall

public static void uninstall()

Uninstalls the ShadowPopupFactory and restores the original popup factory as the new shared popup factory.

See Also:

install()

getPopup

public javax.swing.Popup getPopup(java.awt.Component owner,
                                  java.awt.Component contents,
                                  int x,
                                  int y)
                           throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Creates a Popup for the Component owner containing the Component contents. In addition to the superclass behavior, we try to return a Popup that has a drop shadow, if popup drop shadows are active - as returned by Options#isPopupDropShadowActive.

owner is used to determine which Window the new Popup will parent the Component the Popup creates to. A null owner implies there is no valid parent. x and y specify the preferred initial location to place the Popup at. Based on screen size, or other paramaters, the Popup may not display at x and y.

We invoke the super #getPopup, not the one in the stored factory, because the popup type is set in this instance, not in the stored one.

Overrides:

getPopup in class javax.swing.PopupFactory

Parameters:

owner - Component mouse coordinates are relative to, may be null

contents - Contents of the Popup

x - Initial x screen coordinate

y - Initial y screen coordinate

Returns:

Popup containing Contents

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if contents is null

See Also:

Options.isPopupDropShadowActive()