public BeanEditPanel(Object toEdit) 
{
	    	 
		this(toEdit, null);
}

constructor

Parameters:

toEdit -

 public BeanEditPanel(Object toEdit,
    BeanInfo beanInfoValue) 
{
		editObject = toEdit;
		beanInfo = beanInfoValue;
		initComponents();
}

constructor

Parameters:

toEdit -

 public  void commit() throws InvalidValueException 
{
		InvalidValueException exception=null;
		for (Iterator iter = componentWrapper.values().iterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
			ComponentWrapper element = (ComponentWrapper) iter.next();
			try {
				element.commit();
			} catch (InvalidValueException e) {
				exception=e;
			}
		}
		if(exception!=null) throw exception;
}

sets the bean to the state of the panel

 public Object doModalInDialog() 
{
		BeanEditDialog dialog;
		if( parentDialog!=null) {
			dialog = new BeanEditDialog( parentDialog );
		} else if (parentFrame!=null) {
			dialog = new BeanEditDialog( parentFrame );
		} else {
			Frame defaultFrame = WindowUtils.getDefaultParentFrame();
			dialog = defaultFrame==null ? new BeanEditDialog() : new BeanEditDialog(defaultFrame);
		}		 
		dialog.setBeanEditPanel(this);
		String title="";
		Object value = getEditObject();
		try {
			BeanDescriptor beanDescriptor = Introspector.getBeanInfo(value.getClass()).getBeanDescriptor();
			String shortDescription = beanDescriptor.getShortDescription();
			title = BeanInfoUtils.formatShortDescription(value, shortDescription);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			Trace.info("Could not figure out shortDescription: "+e.getLocalizedMessage());
		}
		dialog.setTitle(title);
		return WindowUtils.wrapInDialog(this, dialog);
}

wraps the panel in a BeanEditDialog and presents this dialog to the user. This happens modally, i.e. no other IO with the application can occur.

 public Object getEditObject() 
{
		return editObject;
}

provides the bean actually edited.

 protected  void initComponents() 
{
		setLayout(new BorderLayout());
		JPanel contentPanel = new JPanel();
		GridBagLayout layout = new GridBagLayout();
		contentPanel.setLayout(layout);
		contentPanel.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5));
		Insets defaultInsets = new Insets(5, 5, 5, 5);
		if (editObject != null) {
			/* descriptoren f�r die eigenschaften der klasse */
			if (beanInfo == null) {
				beanInfo = BeanInfoUtils.getBeanInfoFor(editObject);
			}
			propertyDescriptors = beanInfo.getPropertyDescriptors();
			int columns = 1;
			if( propertyDescriptors.length >20 ) {
				columns = propertyDescriptors.length / 20 + 1;
			}
			int x = 0;
			int y = 0;
			/* spalten anhand der eigenschaften der klasse hinzuf�gen */
			for (int i = 0; i <  propertyDescriptors.length; i++) {
				PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor = propertyDescriptors[i]; 
				String propertyName = propertyDescriptor.getName();
				Class propertyType = propertyDescriptor.getPropertyType();
				// wir blenden die properties aus, die ...
				// ... im property type null zur�ckliefern oder 
				// ... der name "class" ist
				//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
				if (propertyType != null && !propertyName.equals("class") 
					&& !propertyDescriptor.isHidden() && !propertyName.equals("beanInfo")) {
					JComponent component1 = new JLabel(propertyDescriptor.getDisplayName() + ":");
					Component component2 = null;
					try {
						ComponentWrapper wrapper = ComponentMapper.getWrapperFor(editObject, propertyName);
						if (wrapper == null) {
							Trace.warn("Missing wrapper for " + editObject.getClass().getName() + "." + propertyName);
							component2 = ComponentMapper.getComponentFor(editObject, propertyName);
						} else {
							Trace.info("wrapper for " + editObject.getClass().getName() + "." + propertyName + " is " + wrapper.getClass().getName() );
							wrapper.setToolTipText(propertyDescriptor.getShortDescription());
							component2 = wrapper.getRepresentation();
							componentWrapper.put(propertyName, wrapper);
						}
					} catch (Exception e) {
						net.sf.raptor.ui.dialog.ExceptionDialog.showExceptionDialog(e);
					}
					component1.setToolTipText(propertyDescriptor.getShortDescription());
					/** komponenten hinzuf�gen */
					contentPanel.add(component1, new GridBagConstraints(x, y, 1, 1, 0.0, 0.0, GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST, GridBagConstraints.NONE, defaultInsets, 0, 0));
					contentPanel.add(component2, new GridBagConstraints(x + 1, y, 1, 1, 1.0, 1.0, GridBagConstraints.WEST, GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL, defaultInsets, 0, 0));
					/** neue poistionen, spalten etc. f�r n�chtes element vorbereiten */
					x+=2;
					if( x >columns) {
						x=0; y++;
					}
				}
			}
			add(contentPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
			add( ActionUtils.createButtonPanel(this), BorderLayout.EAST);
		}
		super.doLayout();
}

builds the panel.

 public  void refresh() 
{
		Trace.warn("Refresh reinits the panel to the initial state of the editObject.");
		for (Iterator iter = componentWrapper.values().iterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
			ComponentWrapper element = (ComponentWrapper) iter.next();
			element.refresh();
		}
}

reinits the panel to the initial state of the editObject.

 public  void refresh(String propertyName) 
{
		ComponentWrapper wrapper = (ComponentWrapper)componentWrapper.get(propertyName);
		wrapper.refresh();
}