bibliothek.gui.dock.util
Interface BackgroundPaint

public interface BackgroundPaint

A BackgroundPaint is used to paint the background of various Components of this framework.
Please note that some items provided by a DockTheme do not use a BackgroundPaint because they already paint their background in a specific way.

Author:

Benjamin Sigg

Field Summary

static BackgroundPaint	SOLID Simple BackgroundPaint that will attempt to make any background opaque (not transparent)
static BackgroundPaint	TRANSPARENT Simple BackgroundPaint that will attempt to make any background transparent

Method Summary

void	install(BackgroundComponent component) Informs this paint that is will be used by component.
void	paint(BackgroundComponent background, PaintableComponent paintable, Graphics g) Paints the background component using the graphics context g.
void	uninstall(BackgroundComponent component) Informs this paint that it is no longer used by component.

Field Detail

TRANSPARENT

static final BackgroundPaint TRANSPARENT

Simple BackgroundPaint that will attempt to make any background transparent

SOLID

static final BackgroundPaint SOLID

Simple BackgroundPaint that will attempt to make any background opaque (not transparent)

Method Detail

install

void install(BackgroundComponent component)

Informs this paint that is will be used by component.

Parameters:

component - the component that is going to use this paint, not null

uninstall

void uninstall(BackgroundComponent component)

Informs this paint that it is no longer used by component.

Parameters:

component - the component that no longer uses this paint, not null

paint

void paint(BackgroundComponent background,
           PaintableComponent paintable,
           Graphics g)

Paints the background component using the graphics context g. The exact behavior of this method may depend on the type of component.
This method should be aware of the different paint-methods of PaintableComponent, for example PaintableComponent.paintBackground(Graphics):

• If these methods are not called, then they will be executed automatically.
• If these methods are called with an argument of null then they will neither paint nor be executed automatically.
• If these methods are called with an argument not null then they paint but will not be executed automatically.

Further more implementations should follow these guide lines to prevent artifacts while painting:

• If paintable is not transparent, then the entire background must be painted (every pixel must be filled).
• Painting over children (Components) will almost certainly not work. The framework uses special transparent panels to do that.
• Painting semi-transparent children will almost certainly not work because the children may not be marked as transparent (see JComponent.isOpaque().
• In general painting should not require much time (a few milliseconds at most) because painting can happen often.

Parameters:

background - the component to paint, is installed on this paint, not null

paintable - the part of the component that is to be painted, may be a child-Component

g - the graphics context to use

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if component is not equal to background or not a child of background