repgrid

Class RGValue

Object

repgrid.RGValue

Direct Known Subclasses:

RGBooleanValue, RGIntegerValue

public abstract class RGValue
extends Object

Abstraction of a cell value in a repertory grid. Regardless of the actual underlying type,

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected boolean	hasValue

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RGValue()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
RGValue	copy()
abstract String	explainMe() An explanatory string to describe what the values mean.
TableCellEditor	getEditor() Returns the editor that should be used in a JTable (or others) for this kind of value.
abstract Object	getValue() Return the value as some kind of object.
abstract Class	getValueClass() Returns the kind of value expected.
boolean	hasValue() Whether this cell has already been assigned a value or not
abstract boolean	queryCellValue(String s) Ask an interactive user what value to assign.
abstract String	toString() Whatever kind of value this is, show it as a displayable string.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Detail

hasValue

protected boolean hasValue

Constructor Detail

RGValue

public RGValue()

Method Detail

copy

public RGValue copy()

queryCellValue

public abstract boolean queryCellValue(String s)

Ask an interactive user what value to assign.

Parameters:

s - An explanatory string for the user.

hasValue

public boolean hasValue()

Whether this cell has already been assigned a value or not

Returns:

true if there's a value; falseotherwise.

getValue

public abstract Object getValue()

Return the value as some kind of object.

toString

public abstract String toString()

Whatever kind of value this is, show it as a displayable string.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

the value as a string.

explainMe

public abstract String explainMe()

An explanatory string to describe what the values mean.

Returns:

a fixed message for every value of this type.

getValueClass

public abstract Class getValueClass()

Returns the kind of value expected.

getEditor

public TableCellEditor getEditor()

Returns the editor that should be used in a JTable (or others) for this kind of value.