com.jgoodies.forms.layout
Class CellConstraints

java.lang.Object
  com.jgoodies.forms.layout.CellConstraints

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable

public final class CellConstraints
extends Object
implements Cloneable, Serializable

Defines constraints for components that are layed out with the FormLayout. Defines the components display area: grid x, grid y, grid width (column span), grid height (row span), horizontal alignment and vertical alignment.

Most methods return this object to enable method chaining.

You can set optional insets in a constructor. This is useful if you need to use a pixel-size insets to align perceived component bounds with pixel data, for example an icon. Anyway, this is rarely used. The insets don't affect the size computation for columns and rows. I consider renaming the insets to offsets to better indicate the motivation for this option.

Examples:
The following cell constraints locate a component in the third column of the fifth row; column and row span are 1; the component will be aligned with the column's right-hand side and the row's bottom.

 CellConstraints cc = new CellConstraints();
 cc.xy  (3, 5);
 cc.xy  (3, 5, CellConstraints.RIGHT, CellConstraints.BOTTOM);
 cc.xy  (3, 5, "right, bottom");
 
 cc.xyw (3, 5, 1);
 cc.xyw (3, 5, 1, CellConstraints.RIGHT, CellConstraints.BOTTOM);
 cc.xyw (3, 5, 1, "right, bottom");
  
 cc.xywh(3, 5, 1, 1);
 cc.xywh(3, 5, 1, 1, CellConstraints.RIGHT, CellConstraints.BOTTOM);
 cc.xywh(3, 5, 1, 1, "right, bottom"); 
 

See also the examples in the FormLayout class comment.

TODO: Consider renaming the inset to offsets.

Version:

$Revision: 1.13 $

Author:

Karsten Lentzsch

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

static class

CellConstraints.Alignment An ordinal-based serializable typesafe enumeration for component alignment types as used by the FormLayout.

Field Summary

static CellConstraints.Alignment	BOTTOM Put the component in the bottom.
static CellConstraints.Alignment	CENTER Put the component in the center.
static CellConstraints.Alignment	DEFAULT Use the column's or row's default alignment.
static CellConstraints.Alignment	FILL Fill the cell either horizontally or vertically.
int	gridHeight Describes the component's vertical grid extent (number of cells).
int	gridWidth Describes the component's horizontal grid extend (number of cells).
int	gridX Describes the component's horizontal grid origin (starts at 1).
int	gridY Describes the component's vertical grid origin (starts at 1).
CellConstraints.Alignment	hAlign Describes the component's horizontal alignment.
Insets	insets Describes the component's Insets in it's display area.
static CellConstraints.Alignment	LEFT Put the component in the left.
static CellConstraints.Alignment	RIGHT Put the component in the right.
static CellConstraints.Alignment	TOP Put the component in the top.
CellConstraints.Alignment	vAlign Describes the component's vertical alignment.

Constructor Summary

CellConstraints()
Constructs a default instance of CellConstraints.

CellConstraints(int gridX, int gridY)
Constructs an instance of CellConstraints for the given cell position.

CellConstraints(int gridX, int gridY, CellConstraints.Alignment hAlign, CellConstraints.Alignment vAlign)
Constructs an instance of CellConstraints for the given cell position, anchor, and fill.

CellConstraints(int gridX, int gridY, int gridWidth, int gridHeight)
Constructs an instance of CellConstraints for the given cell position and size.

CellConstraints(int gridX, int gridY, int gridWidth, int gridHeight, CellConstraints.Alignment hAlign, CellConstraints.Alignment vAlign)
Constructs an instance of CellConstraints for the given cell position and size, anchor, and fill.

CellConstraints(int gridX, int gridY, int gridWidth, int gridHeight, CellConstraints.Alignment hAlign, CellConstraints.Alignment vAlign, Insets insets)
Constructs an instance of CellConstraints for the complete set of available properties.

CellConstraints(String encodedConstraints)
Constructs an instance of CellConstraints from the given encoded string properties.

Method Summary

Object	clone() Creates a copy of this cell constraints object.
String	toShortString() Returns a short string representation of this constraints object.
String	toShortString(FormLayout layout) Returns a short string representation of this constraints object.
String	toString() Constructs and returns a string representation of this constraints object.
CellConstraints	xy(int col, int row) Sets row and column origins; sets width and height to 1; uses the default alignments.
CellConstraints	xy(int col, int row, CellConstraints.Alignment colAlign, CellConstraints.Alignment rowAlign) Sets the row and column origins; sets width and height to 1; set horizontal and vertical alignment using the specified objects.
CellConstraints	xy(int col, int row, String encodedAlignments) Sets row and column origins; sets width and height to 1; decodes horizontal and vertical alignments from the given string.
CellConstraints	xyw(int col, int row, int colSpan) Sets the row, column, width, and height; uses a height (row span) of 1 and the horizontal and vertical default alignments.
CellConstraints	xyw(int col, int row, int colSpan, CellConstraints.Alignment colAlign, CellConstraints.Alignment rowAlign) Sets the row, column, width, and height; sets the horizontal and vertical aligment using the specified alignment objects.
CellConstraints	xyw(int col, int row, int colSpan, String encodedAlignments) Sets the row, column, width, and height; decodes the horizontal and vertical alignments from the given string.
CellConstraints	xywh(int col, int row, int colSpan, int rowSpan) Sets the row, column, width, and height; uses default alignments.
CellConstraints	xywh(int col, int row, int colSpan, int rowSpan, CellConstraints.Alignment colAlign, CellConstraints.Alignment rowAlign) Sets the row, column, width, and height; sets the horizontal and vertical aligment using the specified alignment objects.
CellConstraints	xywh(int col, int row, int colSpan, int rowSpan, String encodedAlignments) Sets the row, column, width, and height; decodes the horizontal and vertical alignments from the given string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEFAULT

public static final CellConstraints.Alignment DEFAULT

Use the column's or row's default alignment.

FILL

public static final CellConstraints.Alignment FILL

Fill the cell either horizontally or vertically.

LEFT

public static final CellConstraints.Alignment LEFT

Put the component in the left.

RIGHT

public static final CellConstraints.Alignment RIGHT

Put the component in the right.

CENTER

public static final CellConstraints.Alignment CENTER

Put the component in the center.

TOP

public static final CellConstraints.Alignment TOP

Put the component in the top.

BOTTOM

public static final CellConstraints.Alignment BOTTOM

Put the component in the bottom.

gridX

public int gridX

Describes the component's horizontal grid origin (starts at 1).

gridY

public int gridY

Describes the component's vertical grid origin (starts at 1).

gridWidth

public int gridWidth

Describes the component's horizontal grid extend (number of cells).

gridHeight

public int gridHeight

Describes the component's vertical grid extent (number of cells).

hAlign

public CellConstraints.Alignment hAlign

Describes the component's horizontal alignment.

vAlign

public CellConstraints.Alignment vAlign

Describes the component's vertical alignment.

insets

public Insets insets

Describes the component's Insets in it's display area.

Constructor Detail

CellConstraints

public CellConstraints()

Constructs a default instance of CellConstraints.

CellConstraints

public CellConstraints(int gridX,
                       int gridY)

Constructs an instance of CellConstraints for the given cell position.

Examples:

 new CellConstraints(1, 3);
 new CellConstraints(1, 3);
 

Parameters:

gridX - the component's horizontal grid origin

gridY - the component's vertical grid origin

CellConstraints

public CellConstraints(int gridX,
                       int gridY,
                       CellConstraints.Alignment hAlign,
                       CellConstraints.Alignment vAlign)

Constructs an instance of CellConstraints for the given cell position, anchor, and fill.

Examples:

 new CellConstraints(1, 3, CellConstraints.LEFT,   CellConstraints.BOTTOM);
 new CellConstraints(1, 3, CellConstraints.CENTER, CellConstraints.FILL);
 

Parameters:

gridX - the component's horizontal grid origin

gridY - the component's vertical grid origin

hAlign - the component's horizontal alignment

vAlign - the component's vertical alignment

CellConstraints

public CellConstraints(int gridX,
                       int gridY,
                       int gridWidth,
                       int gridHeight)

Constructs an instance of CellConstraints for the given cell position and size.

Examples:

 new CellConstraints(1, 3, 2, 1);
 new CellConstraints(1, 3, 7, 3);
 

Parameters:

gridX - the component's horizontal grid origin

gridY - the component's vertical grid origin

gridWidth - the component's horizontal extent

gridHeight - the component's vertical extent

CellConstraints

public CellConstraints(int gridX,
                       int gridY,
                       int gridWidth,
                       int gridHeight,
                       CellConstraints.Alignment hAlign,
                       CellConstraints.Alignment vAlign)

Constructs an instance of CellConstraints for the given cell position and size, anchor, and fill.

Examples:

 new CellConstraints(1, 3, 2, 1, CellConstraints.LEFT,   CellConstraints.BOTTOM);
 new CellConstraints(1, 3, 7, 3, CellConstraints.CENTER, CellConstraints.FILL);
 

Parameters:

gridX - the component's horizontal grid origin

gridY - the component's vertical grid origin

gridWidth - the component's horizontal extent

gridHeight - the component's vertical extent

hAlign - the component's horizontal alignment

vAlign - the component's vertical alignment

CellConstraints

public CellConstraints(int gridX,
                       int gridY,
                       int gridWidth,
                       int gridHeight,
                       CellConstraints.Alignment hAlign,
                       CellConstraints.Alignment vAlign,
                       Insets insets)

Constructs an instance of CellConstraints for the complete set of available properties.

Examples:

 new CellConstraints(1, 3, 2, 1, CellConstraints.LEFT,   CellConstraints.BOTTOM, new Insets(0, 1, 0, 3));
 new CellConstraints(1, 3, 7, 3, CellConstraints.CENTER, CellConstraints.FILL,   new Insets(0, 1, 0, 0));
 

Parameters:

gridX - the component's horizontal grid origin

gridY - the component's vertical grid origin

gridWidth - the component's horizontal extent

gridHeight - the component's vertical extent

hAlign - the component's horizontal alignment

vAlign - the component's vertical alignment

insets - the component's display area Insets

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the grid origin or extent is negative

NullPointerException - if the horizontal or vertical alignment is null

IllegalArgumentException - if an alignment orientation is invalid

CellConstraints

public CellConstraints(String encodedConstraints)

Constructs an instance of CellConstraints from the given encoded string properties.

Examples:

 new CellConstraints("1, 3");
 new CellConstraints("1, 3, left, bottom");
 new CellConstraints("1, 3, 2, 1, left, bottom");
 new CellConstraints("1, 3, 2, 1, l, b");
 

Parameters:

encodedConstraints - the constraints encoded as string

Method Detail

xy

public CellConstraints xy(int col,
                          int row)

Sets row and column origins; sets width and height to 1; uses the default alignments.

Examples:

 cc.xy(1, 1);
 cc.xy(1, 3);
 

Parameters:

col - the new column index

row - the new row index

Returns:

this

xy

public CellConstraints xy(int col,
                          int row,
                          String encodedAlignments)

Sets row and column origins; sets width and height to 1; decodes horizontal and vertical alignments from the given string.

Examples:

 cc.xy(1, 3, "left, bottom");
 cc.xy(1, 3, "l, b");
 cc.xy(1, 3, "center, fill");
 cc.xy(1, 3, "c, f");
 

Parameters:

col - the new column index

row - the new row index

encodedAlignments - describes the horizontal and vertical alignments

Returns:

this

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if an alignment orientation is invalid

xy

public CellConstraints xy(int col,
                          int row,
                          CellConstraints.Alignment colAlign,
                          CellConstraints.Alignment rowAlign)

Sets the row and column origins; sets width and height to 1; set horizontal and vertical alignment using the specified objects.

Examples:

 cc.xy(1, 3, CellConstraints.LEFT,   CellConstraints.BOTTOM);
 cc.xy(1, 3, CellConstraints.CENTER, CellConstraints.FILL);
 

Parameters:

col - the new column index

row - the new row index

colAlign - horizontal component alignment

rowAlign - vertical component alignment

Returns:

this

xyw

public CellConstraints xyw(int col,
                           int row,
                           int colSpan)

Sets the row, column, width, and height; uses a height (row span) of 1 and the horizontal and vertical default alignments.

Examples:

 cc.xyw(1, 3, 7);
 cc.xyw(1, 3, 2);
 

Parameters:

col - the new column index

row - the new row index

colSpan - the column span or grid width

Returns:

this

xyw

public CellConstraints xyw(int col,
                           int row,
                           int colSpan,
                           String encodedAlignments)

Sets the row, column, width, and height; decodes the horizontal and vertical alignments from the given string. The row span (height) is set to 1.

Examples:

 cc.xyw(1, 3, 7, "left, bottom");
 cc.xyw(1, 3, 7, "l, b");
 cc.xyw(1, 3, 2, "center, fill");
 cc.xyw(1, 3, 2, "c, f");
 

Parameters:

col - the new column index

row - the new row index

colSpan - the column span or grid width

encodedAlignments - describes the horizontal and vertical alignments

Returns:

this

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if an alignment orientation is invalid

xyw

public CellConstraints xyw(int col,
                           int row,
                           int colSpan,
                           CellConstraints.Alignment colAlign,
                           CellConstraints.Alignment rowAlign)

Sets the row, column, width, and height; sets the horizontal and vertical aligment using the specified alignment objects. The row span (height) is set to 1.

Examples:

 cc.xyw(1, 3, 2, CellConstraints.LEFT,   CellConstraints.BOTTOM);
 cc.xyw(1, 3, 7, CellConstraints.CENTER, CellConstraints.FILL);
 

Parameters:

col - the new column index

row - the new row index

colSpan - the column span or grid width

colAlign - horizontal component alignment

rowAlign - vertical component alignment

Returns:

this

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if an alignment orientation is invalid

xywh

public CellConstraints xywh(int col,
                            int row,
                            int colSpan,
                            int rowSpan)

Sets the row, column, width, and height; uses default alignments.

Examples:

 cc.xywh(1, 3, 2, 1);
 cc.xywh(1, 3, 7, 3);
 

Parameters:

col - the new column index

row - the new row index

colSpan - the column span or grid width

rowSpan - the row span or grid height

Returns:

this

xywh

public CellConstraints xywh(int col,
                            int row,
                            int colSpan,
                            int rowSpan,
                            String encodedAlignments)

Sets the row, column, width, and height; decodes the horizontal and vertical alignments from the given string.

Examples:

 cc.xywh(1, 3, 2, 1, "left, bottom");
 cc.xywh(1, 3, 2, 1, "l, b");
 cc.xywh(1, 3, 7, 3, "center, fill");
 cc.xywh(1, 3, 7, 3, "c, f");
 

Parameters:

col - the new column index

row - the new row index

colSpan - the column span or grid width

rowSpan - the row span or grid height

encodedAlignments - describes the horizontal and vertical alignments

Returns:

this

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if an alignment orientation is invalid

xywh

public CellConstraints xywh(int col,
                            int row,
                            int colSpan,
                            int rowSpan,
                            CellConstraints.Alignment colAlign,
                            CellConstraints.Alignment rowAlign)

Sets the row, column, width, and height; sets the horizontal and vertical aligment using the specified alignment objects.

Examples:

 cc.xywh(1, 3, 2, 1, CellConstraints.LEFT,   CellConstraints.BOTTOM);
 cc.xywh(1, 3, 7, 3, CellConstraints.CENTER, CellConstraints.FILL);
 

Parameters:

col - the new column index

row - the new row index

colSpan - the column span or grid width

rowSpan - the row span or grid height

colAlign - horizontal component alignment

rowAlign - vertical component alignment

Returns:

this

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if an alignment orientation is invalid

clone

public Object clone()

Creates a copy of this cell constraints object.

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Returns:

a copy of this cell constraints object

toString

public String toString()

Constructs and returns a string representation of this constraints object.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

string representation of this constraints object

toShortString

public String toShortString()

Returns a short string representation of this constraints object.

Returns:

a short string representation of this constraints object

toShortString

public String toShortString(FormLayout layout)

Returns a short string representation of this constraints object. This method can use the given FormLayout to display extra information how default alignments are mapped to concrete alignments. Therefore it asks the related column and row as specified by this constraints object.

Parameters:

layout - the layout to be presented as a string

Returns:

a short string representation of this constraints object