javax.swing

Interface CellEditor

Known Subinterfaces:
TableCellEditor, TreeCellEditor
Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractCellEditor, DefaultCellEditor, DefaultTreeCellEditor

public interface CellEditor

Provides edit capabilities for components that display cells like JTable, JList and JTree.

Method Summary

void
addCellEditorListener(CellEditorListener listener)
Registers a listener to receive ChangeEvent notifications from the CellEditor.
void
cancelCellEditing()
Signals to the CellEditor that it should cancel editing.
Object
getCellEditorValue()
Returns the current value for the CellEditor.
boolean
isCellEditable(EventObject event)
Returns true if the specified event makes the editor editable, and false otherwise.
void
removeCellEditorListener(CellEditorListener listener)
Deregisters a listener so that it no longer receives ChangeEvent notifications from the CellEditor.
boolean
shouldSelectCell(EventObject event)
shouldSelectCell
boolean
stopCellEditing()
Signals to the CellEditor that it should stop editing, accepting the current cell value, and returns true if the editor actually stops editing, and false otherwise.

Method Details

addCellEditorListener

public void addCellEditorListener(CellEditorListener listener)
Registers a listener to receive ChangeEvent notifications from the CellEditor.
Parameters:
listener - the listener.

cancelCellEditing

public void cancelCellEditing()
Signals to the CellEditor that it should cancel editing.

getCellEditorValue

public Object getCellEditorValue()
Returns the current value for the CellEditor.
Returns:
The value.

isCellEditable

public boolean isCellEditable(EventObject event)
Returns true if the specified event makes the editor editable, and false otherwise.
Parameters:
event - the event.
Returns:
A boolean.

removeCellEditorListener

public void removeCellEditorListener(CellEditorListener listener)
Deregisters a listener so that it no longer receives ChangeEvent notifications from the CellEditor.
Parameters:
listener - the listener.

shouldSelectCell

public boolean shouldSelectCell(EventObject event)
shouldSelectCell
Parameters:
event - TODO
Returns:
boolean

stopCellEditing

public boolean stopCellEditing()
Signals to the CellEditor that it should stop editing, accepting the current cell value, and returns true if the editor actually stops editing, and false otherwise.
Returns:
A boolean.

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