java.lang.Object | |
↳ | java.beans.FeatureDescriptor |
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The FeatureDescriptor class is the common baseclass for PropertyDescriptor, EventSetDescriptor, and MethodDescriptor, etc.
It supports some common information that can be set and retrieved for any of the introspection descriptors.
In addition it provides an extension mechanism so that arbitrary attribute/value pairs can be associated with a design feature.
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Constructs a
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Gets an enumeration of the locale-independent names of this
feature.
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Gets the localized display name of this feature.
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Gets the programmatic name of this feature.
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Gets the short description of this feature.
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Retrieve a named attribute with this feature.
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The "expert" flag is used to distinguish between those features that are
intended for expert users from those that are intended for normal users.
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The "hidden" flag is used to identify features that are intended only
for tool use, and which should not be exposed to humans.
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The "preferred" flag is used to identify features that are particularly
important for presenting to humans.
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Sets the localized display name of this feature.
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The "expert" flag is used to distinguish between features that are
intended for expert users from those that are intended for normal users.
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The "hidden" flag is used to identify features that are intended only
for tool use, and which should not be exposed to humans.
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Sets the programmatic name of this feature.
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The "preferred" flag is used to identify features that are particularly
important for presenting to humans.
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You can associate a short descriptive string with a feature.
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Associate a named attribute with this feature.
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From class
java.lang.Object
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Constructs a FeatureDescriptor
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Gets an enumeration of the locale-independent names of this feature.
Gets the localized display name of this feature.
Gets the programmatic name of this feature.
Gets the short description of this feature.
Retrieve a named attribute with this feature.
attributeName | The locale-independent name of the attribute |
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The "expert" flag is used to distinguish between those features that are intended for expert users from those that are intended for normal users.
The "hidden" flag is used to identify features that are intended only for tool use, and which should not be exposed to humans.
The "preferred" flag is used to identify features that are particularly important for presenting to humans.
Sets the localized display name of this feature.
displayName | The localized display name for the property/method/event. |
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The "expert" flag is used to distinguish between features that are intended for expert users from those that are intended for normal users.
expert | True if this feature is intended for use by experts only. |
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The "hidden" flag is used to identify features that are intended only for tool use, and which should not be exposed to humans.
hidden | True if this feature should be hidden from human users. |
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Sets the programmatic name of this feature.
name | The programmatic name of the property/method/event |
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The "preferred" flag is used to identify features that are particularly important for presenting to humans.
preferred | True if this feature should be preferentially shown to human users. |
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You can associate a short descriptive string with a feature. Normally these descriptive strings should be less than about 40 characters.
text | A (localized) short description to be associated with this property/method/event. |
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Associate a named attribute with this feature.
attributeName | The locale-independent name of the attribute |
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value | The value. |