SWTUtils.java

/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2008 Dennis Schenk, Peter Siska.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     Dennis Schenk - initial implementation
 *     Peter Siska	 - initial implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package ch.unibe.iam.scg.archie.utils;

import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridData;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridLayout;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Label;

/**
 * <p>
 * SWT Utility class that provides convenience methods for GUI parts. This
 * offers static access to methods that easily create spacers and labels and
 * more.
 * </p>
 * 
 * $Id: SWTUtils.java 666 2008-12-13 00:07:54Z peschehimself $
 * 
 * @author Peter Siska
 * @author Dennis Schenk
 * @version $Rev: 666 $
 */
public class SWTUtils {

	/**
	 * @param parent
	 * @param mode
	 * @return Label
	 */
	public static final Label createSeparator(final Composite parent, final int mode) {
		Label separator = new Label(parent, SWT.SEPARATOR | mode);
		separator.setLayoutData(new GridData(SWT.FILL, SWT.FILL, true, false));
		return separator;
	}

	/**
	 * 
	 * @param parent
	 * @param mode
	 * @return Label
	 */
	public static final Label createSpacedSeparator(final Composite parent, int mode) {
		Composite container = new Composite(parent, SWT.NONE);

		GridLayout layout = new GridLayout();
		layout.marginWidth = 0;
		layout.marginHeight = 10;

		container.setLayout(layout);
		container.setLayoutData(new GridData(SWT.FILL, SWT.FILL, true, false));

		Label separator = SWTUtils.createSeparator(container, mode);

		return separator;
	}

	/**
	 * Convenience method for creating label that fills the entire width of the
	 * given parent and whose content is automatically being wrapped on resize.
	 * 
	 * @param parent
	 *            Parent composite container that the label is added to.
	 * @return The created label.
	 */
	public static final Label createLabel(final Composite parent) {
		Label label = new Label(parent, SWT.NONE | SWT.WRAP);
		label.setLayoutData(new GridData(SWT.FILL, SWT.FILL, true, false));
		return label;
	}

}