java.beans
Interface DesignMode
java.lang.Object
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public interface DesignMode
BeanContextChild implementors implement this to get information about whether they are in a design time or runtime environment.
The reason this is restricted to BeanContextChildren is that
only things in the BeanContext hierarchy are given this
information in the first place.
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PROPERTYNAME
public static final String PROPERTYNAME Use this name when firing PropertyChangeEvents from your Bean.
isDesignTime
public boolean isDesignTime() This method should tell whether it is design time or runtime.
Returns:
true if design time, false if
runtime.
setDesignTime
public void setDesignTime(boolean designTime) The environment will call this method on your
BeanContextChild when it is registered in a parent
BeanContext or when behavior needs to switch from
design time to runtime behavior (or vice versa).
BeanContexts are required to fire
PropertyChangeEvents when properties change.
designTime is a property, and therefore when you
implement setDesignTime(), you need to fire a
PropertyChangeEvent with the old value, the new
value and using PROPERTYNAME as the property name.
Parameters:
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BeanContextChildimplementors implement this to get information about whether they are in a design time or runtime environment. The reason this is restricted toBeanContextChildren is that only things in theBeanContexthierarchy are given this information in the first place.