acm.gui
Class TablePanel

java.lang.Object
  java.awt.Component
      java.awt.Container
          javax.swing.JComponent
              javax.swing.JPanel
                  acm.gui.TablePanel

Direct Known Subclasses:

HPanel, VPanel

public class TablePanel
extends JPanel

This class represents a simple JPanel that uses TableLayout as its layout manager. The purpose of TablePanel is to support tabular component structures without the complexity of the GridBagLayout class.

Field Summary

int	BOTH Resize component in both directions
int	BOTTOM Align table vertically at the bottom of its container
int	CENTER Center table in the container
int	FILL Expand table to fill its container
int	HORIZONTAL Resize component in horizontal direction only
int	LEFT Align table horizontally at the left of its container
int	NONE Do not resize component
int	RIGHT Align table horizontally at the right of its container
int	TOP Align table vertically at the top of its container
int	VERTICAL Resize component in vertical direction only

Constructor Summary

TablePanel(int rows, int columns)

TablePanel(int rows, int columns, int hgap, int vgap)

Method Summary

int	getDefaultFill() Returns the default fill parameter for components in the table.
int	getHgap() Returns the horizontal gap between components.
int	getHorizontalAlignment() Returns the horizontal alignment for the table.
int	getVerticalAlignment() Returns the vertical alignment for the table.
int	getVgap() Returns the vertical gap between components.
void	setDefaultFill(int fill) Sets the default fill parameter for components in the table.
void	setHgap(int pixels) Sets the horizontal gap between components.
void	setHorizontalAlignment(int align) Sets the horizontal alignment for the table.
void	setVerticalAlignment(int align) Sets the vertical alignment for the table.
void	setVgap(int pixels) Sets the vertical gap between components.

Field Detail

public static final int BOTH

Resize component in both directions

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public static final int BOTTOM

Align table vertically at the bottom of its container

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public static final int CENTER

Center table in the container

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public static final int FILL

Expand table to fill its container

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public static final int HORIZONTAL

Resize component in horizontal direction only

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public static final int LEFT

Align table horizontally at the left of its container

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public static final int NONE

Do not resize component

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public static final int RIGHT

Align table horizontally at the right of its container

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public static final int TOP

Align table vertically at the top of its container

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public static final int VERTICAL

Resize component in vertical direction only

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Constructor Detail

public TablePanel(int rows, int columns)

Creates a new TablePanel whose layout manager supports the specified number of rows and columns.

Usage:

TablePanel panel = new TablePanel(rows, columns);

Parameters:

rows	The number of rows, or 0 for no limit
columns	The number of columns, or 0 for no limit

public TablePanel(int rows, int columns, int hgap, int vgap)

Creates a new TablePanel with the specified number of rows and columns and the supplied values for the horizontal and vertical gap.

Usage:

TablePanel panel = new TablePanel(rows, columns, hgap, vgap);

Parameters:

rows	The number of rows, or 0 for no limit
columns	The number of columns, or 0 for no limit
hgap	The gap between columns
vgap	The gap between rows

Method Detail

public int getDefaultFill()

Returns the default fill parameter for components in the table.

Usage:	fill = layout.getDefaultFill();
Returns:	The default fill parameter for components in the table

public int getHgap()

Returns the horizontal gap between components.

Returns:

The horizontal gap between components

public int getHorizontalAlignment()

Returns the horizontal alignment for the table.

Usage:	align = layout.getHorizontalAlignment();
Returns:	The horizontal alignment for the table

public int getVerticalAlignment()

Returns the vertical alignment for the table.

Usage:	align = layout.getVerticalAlignment();
Returns:	The vertical alignment for the table

public int getVgap()

Returns the vertical gap between components.

Returns:

The vertical gap between components

public void setDefaultFill(int fill)

Sets the default fill parameter for components in the table. The legal values are NONE, HORIZONTAL, VERTICAL, and BOTH.

Usage:

layout.setDefaultFill(fill);

Parameter:

fill	The default fill parameter for components in the table

public void setHgap(int pixels)

Sets the horizontal gap between components.

Parameter:

pixels

The gap between components in pixels

public void setHorizontalAlignment(int align)

Sets the horizontal alignment for the table. The legal values are CENTER, LEFT, RIGHT, and FILL.

Usage:

layout.setHorizontalAlignment(align);

Parameter:

align

The horizontal alignment for the table

public void setVerticalAlignment(int align)

Sets the vertical alignment for the table. The legal values are CENTER, TOP, BOTTOM, and FILL.

Usage:

layout.setVerticalAlignment(align);

Parameter:

align

The vertical alignment for the table

public void setVgap(int pixels)

Sets the vertical gap between components.

Parameter:

pixels

The gap between components in pixels