Package noaa.coastwatch.gui.visual

Class VisualObjectFactory

java.lang.Object

noaa.coastwatch.gui.visual.VisualObjectFactory

public class VisualObjectFactory
extends Object

The VisualObjectFactory class contains static methods that create new visual objects based on an object and a property name.

Since:

3.1.7

Author:

Peter Hollemans

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static VisualObject	create(Object object, String property)	Creates a new visual object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

create

public static VisualObject create(Object object,
 String property)

Creates a new visual object. The specified object is searched for get/set methods based on the property name, and a new visual object is created that controls the property value.

Parameters:

object - the object to create the visual object from.

property - the property name to use.

Returns:

the newly created visual object.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the property cannot be found, or the property type is not supported by any known visual object.

RuntimeException - if an error occurred in the visual object constructor, or when retrieving the property value from the object.