org.springframework.richclient.core
Class DefaultMessage

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.richclient.core.DefaultMessage

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Message

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultValidationMessage

public class DefaultMessage
extends Object
implements Message, Serializable

The default implementation of the Message interface. This class is capable of rendering itself on JTextComponents and JLabels. In the case of labels, it is also able to lookup an icon to be displayed on the label.

See Also:

getIcon(), Serialized Form

Field Summary

static DefaultMessage

EMPTY_MESSAGE A convenience instance representing an empty message.

Constructor Summary

DefaultMessage(String text)
Creates a new DefaultMessage with the given text and a default severity of Severity.INFO.

DefaultMessage(String message, Severity severity)
Creates a new DefaultMessage with the given text and severity.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object o)
Icon	getIcon() Returns the icon associated with this instance's severity.
String	getMessage() The textual representation of the message.
Severity	getSeverity() Return the Severity of this message, possibly null.
long	getTimestamp() Timestamp in long format of the message creation.
int	hashCode()
void	renderMessage(JComponent component) Renders this message on the given GUI component.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

EMPTY_MESSAGE

public static final DefaultMessage EMPTY_MESSAGE

A convenience instance representing an empty message. i.e. The message text is empty and there is no associated severity.

Constructor Detail

DefaultMessage

public DefaultMessage(String text)

Creates a new DefaultMessage with the given text and a default severity of Severity.INFO.

Parameters:

text - The message text.

DefaultMessage

public DefaultMessage(String message,
                      Severity severity)

Creates a new DefaultMessage with the given text and severity.

Parameters:

message - The message text.

severity - The severity of the message. May be null.

Method Detail

getTimestamp

public long getTimestamp()

Description copied from interface: Message

Timestamp in long format of the message creation.

Specified by:

getTimestamp in interface Message

getMessage

public String getMessage()

Description copied from interface: Message

The textual representation of the message. This is not necessarily how the message will appear on a GUI component.

Specified by:

getMessage in interface Message

Returns:

textual message, never null, but possibly an empty string.

getSeverity

public Severity getSeverity()

Description copied from interface: Message

Return the Severity of this message, possibly null.

Specified by:

getSeverity in interface Message

renderMessage

public void renderMessage(JComponent component)

Renders this message on the given GUI component. This implementation only supports components of type JTextComponent or JLabel.

Specified by:

renderMessage in interface Message

Parameters:

component - visual component to decorate.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if component is not a JTextComponent or a JLabel.

getIcon

public Icon getIcon()

Returns the icon associated with this instance's severity. The icon is expected to be retrieved using a key severity.<SEVERITY_LABEL>.

Returns:

The icon associated with this instance's severity, or null if the instance has no specified severity, or the icon could not be found.

See Also:

AbstractGenericLabeledEnum.getLabel(), IconSource.getIcon(String)

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object