com.ehsbe.commons.gui.util
Class SwingUtilities2

java.lang.Object
  com.ehsbe.commons.gui.util.SwingUtilities2

public class SwingUtilities2
extends Object

Wrapper around sun.swing.SwingUtilities2

Version:

$Revision: 450 $

Author:

Jens Elkner

Constructor Summary

SwingUtilities2()

Method Summary

static String	clipString(FontMetrics fm, String string, int availTextWidth) Clips the passed in String to the space provided.
static String	clipStringIfNecessary(FontMetrics fm, String string, int availTextWidth) Clips the passed in String to the space provided.
static FontRenderContext	getFontRenderContext(Component c) Get the FontRenderContext associated with the given JComponent
static void	invokeLater(Runnable r) Runs the given runnable immediately, if invoked from the event dispatch thread (EDT), otherwise the runnable gets pushed into the EDT queue.
static int	stringWidth(FontMetrics fm, String string) Get the width of the passed in String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SwingUtilities2

public SwingUtilities2()

Method Detail

getFontRenderContext

public static FontRenderContext getFontRenderContext(Component c)

Get the FontRenderContext associated with the given JComponent

Parameters:

c - for which component the FRC should be fetched

Returns:

always a none-null value

See Also:

JComponent.getFontMetrics(java.awt.Font)

stringWidth

public static int stringWidth(FontMetrics fm,
                              String string)

Get the width of the passed in String.

Parameters:

fm - FontMetrics used to measure the String width

string - String to get the width of

Returns:

the width of a string

clipString

public static String clipString(FontMetrics fm,
                                String string,
                                int availTextWidth)

Clips the passed in String to the space provided. NOTE: this assumes the string does not fit in the available space.

Parameters:

fm - FontMetrics used to measure the String width

string - String to display

availTextWidth - Amount of space that the string can be drawn in

Returns:

Clipped string that can fit in the provided space.

clipStringIfNecessary

public static String clipStringIfNecessary(FontMetrics fm,
                                           String string,
                                           int availTextWidth)

Clips the passed in String to the space provided.

Parameters:

fm - FontMetrics used to measure the String width

string - String to display

availTextWidth - Amount of space that the string can be drawn in

Returns:

Clipped string that can fit in the provided space.

invokeLater

public static void invokeLater(Runnable r)

Runs the given runnable immediately, if invoked from the event dispatch thread (EDT), otherwise the runnable gets pushed into the EDT queue.

Parameters:

r - runnable to run/dispatch