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*
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package org.netbeans.modules.form.forminfo;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.Panel;
/** FormInfo for java.awt.Panel.
*
* @author Ian Formanek
*/
public class PanelFormInfo extends FormInfo {
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Private variables
/** The form top-level container */
private Container topContainer;
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// FormInfo methods
/** Used to create the design-time instance of the form object, which is used only for
* displaing properties and events of the form. I.e. it is not displayed visually, instead
* the FormTopComponent is used with the container provided from <code>getTopContainer ()</code> method.
* @return the instance of the form
* @see #getTopContainer
*/
public Object getFormInstance () {
return getTopContainer ();
}
/** Used to provide the container which is used during design-time as the top-level container.
* The container provided by this class should not be a Window, as it is added as a component to the
* FormTopComponent, rather a JPanel, Panel or JDesktopPane should be used according to the form type.
* By returning a <code>null</code> value, the form info declares that it does not represent a "visual" form and the visual
* ediuting should not be used with it.
* @return the top level container which will be used during design-time or null if the form is not visual
*/
public Container getTopContainer () {
if (topContainer == null) {
topContainer = new Panel ();
}
return topContainer;
}
}
/*
* Log
* 4 Gandalf 1.3 10/23/99 Ian Formanek NO SEMANTIC CHANGE - Sun
* Microsystems Copyright in File Comment
* 3 Gandalf 1.2 6/6/99 Ian Formanek FormInfo design
* finalized
* 2 Gandalf 1.1 5/12/99 Ian Formanek
* 1 Gandalf 1.0 5/3/99 Ian Formanek
* $
*/