Package com.install4j.api.beaninfo

Class FilePropertyDescriptor

java.lang.Object

java.beans.FeatureDescriptor

java.beans.PropertyDescriptor

com.install4j.api.beaninfo.Install4JPropertyDescriptor

com.install4j.api.beaninfo.FilePropertyDescriptor

public class FilePropertyDescriptor
extends Install4JPropertyDescriptor

Property descriptor for properties that contain one or several file. The supported property types are

• java.io.File
• ExternalFile
• LocalizedExternalFile
• File[]

Using this class is not strictly required. In principle, you could also set values for the ATTRIBUTE_* constants in the property descriptor of an unrelated property descriptor class.

See Also:

• ExternalFile
• LocalizedExternalFile

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	ATTRIBUTE_FILE_CONTENT_TYPE
static final String	ATTRIBUTE_FILTER_NAME
static final String	ATTRIBUTE_SELECTION_MODE
static final String	ATTRIBUTE_SUFFIXES
static final String	CONTEXT_EXTERNAL_OR_INTERNAL	Special context for properties of type com.install4j.api.beans.ExternalFile that tells the install4j GUI to offer the user the possibility to select a file from the distribution tree instead.

Fields inherited from class com.install4j.api.beaninfo.Install4JPropertyDescriptor

ATTRIBUTE_ACTION_LIST_HIDDEN_KEYS, ATTRIBUTE_ACTION_LIST_SHOWN_KEYS, ATTRIBUTE_ALLOW_TEXT_OVERRIDE, ATTRIBUTE_CONTEXT, ATTRIBUTE_EMPTY_MESSAGE, ATTRIBUTE_PARENT_PROPERTY, ATTRIBUTE_PROPERTY_CATEGORY, ATTRIBUTE_PROPERTY_CHANGE_LISTENER, ATTRIBUTE_SORT_KEY, ATTRIBUTE_SUGGESTED_VALUES, ATTRIBUTE_VARIABLE_VALUE_CLASS, ATTRIBUTE_VISIBILITY_DISCRIMINATOR, CATEGORY_CONFIGURATION, CONTEXT_ANCHOR_CORNERS, CONTEXT_ANCHOR_HORIZONTAL, CONTEXT_ANCHOR_SIDES, CONTEXT_ANCHOR_VERTICAL, CONTEXT_COMPONENT_ID, CONTEXT_DATETIME, CONTEXT_DOWNLOADABLE_COMPONENT_ID, CONTEXT_FORM_COMPONENT_ID, CONTEXT_HTML, CONTEXT_LAUNCHER_ID, CONTEXT_LAUNCHER_ID_OR_OTHER, CONTEXT_MULTILINE, CONTEXT_NO_INSTALLER_VARIABLES, CONTEXT_NON_SERVICE_LAUNCHER_ID, CONTEXT_SERVICE_LAUNCHER_ID, CONTEXT_STRING_TO_STRING_MAP, CONTEXT_STYLE_ID, CONTEXT_VARIABLE_NAME

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static FilePropertyDescriptor	create(String propertyName, Class beanClass, String displayName, String shortDescription, FileSelectionMode selectionMode)	Same as create(String, Class, String, String, FileSelectionMode, String[], String, String) with suffixes, filterName and context set to null.
static FilePropertyDescriptor	create(String propertyName, Class beanClass, String displayName, String shortDescription, FileSelectionMode selectionMode, String context)	Same as create(String, Class, String, String, FileSelectionMode, String[], String, String) with suffixes and filterName set to null.
static FilePropertyDescriptor	create(String propertyName, Class beanClass, String displayName, String shortDescription, FileSelectionMode selectionMode, String[] suffixes, String filterName)	Same as create(String, Class, String, String, FileSelectionMode, String[], String, String) with context set to null.
static FilePropertyDescriptor	create(String propertyName, Class beanClass, String displayName, String shortDescription, FileSelectionMode selectionMode, String[] suffixes, String filterName, String context)	Create a file property descriptor as with Install4JPropertyDescriptor.create(String, Class, String, String) and additional configuration specific to file properties.
FilePropertyDescriptor	setFileContentType(FileContentType fileContentType)	Set the file content type.

Methods inherited from class com.install4j.api.beaninfo.Install4JPropertyDescriptor

create, create, setActionListHiddenKeys, setActionListShownKeys, setAllowTextOverride, setContext, setDisplayName, setEmptyMessage, setHiddenInActionLists, setParentProperty, setPreferred, setPropertyCategory, setPropertyChangeListener, setSortKey, setSuggestedValues, setVariableValueClass, setVisibilityDiscriminator

Methods inherited from class java.beans.PropertyDescriptor

createPropertyEditor, equals, getPropertyEditorClass, getPropertyType, getReadMethod, getWriteMethod, hashCode, isBound, isConstrained, setBound, setConstrained, setPropertyEditorClass, setReadMethod, setWriteMethod

Methods inherited from class java.beans.FeatureDescriptor

attributeNames, getDisplayName, getName, getShortDescription, getValue, isExpert, isHidden, isPreferred, setExpert, setHidden, setName, setShortDescription, setValue, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

ATTRIBUTE_SELECTION_MODE

public static final String ATTRIBUTE_SELECTION_MODE

See Also:

• create(String, Class, String, String, FileSelectionMode, String[], String)
• Constant Field Values

ATTRIBUTE_SUFFIXES

public static final String ATTRIBUTE_SUFFIXES

See Also:

• create(String, Class, String, String, FileSelectionMode, String[], String)
• Constant Field Values

ATTRIBUTE_FILTER_NAME

public static final String ATTRIBUTE_FILTER_NAME

See Also:

• create(String, Class, String, String, FileSelectionMode, String[], String)
• Constant Field Values

ATTRIBUTE_FILE_CONTENT_TYPE

public static final String ATTRIBUTE_FILE_CONTENT_TYPE

See Also:

• setFileContentType(FileContentType)
• Constant Field Values

CONTEXT_EXTERNAL_OR_INTERNAL

public static final String CONTEXT_EXTERNAL_OR_INTERNAL

Special context for properties of type com.install4j.api.beans.ExternalFile that tells the install4j GUI to offer the user the possibility to select a file from the distribution tree instead. The selected file will then be prepended with ${installer:sys.installationDir} and will not be packaged separately. In that case, the enclosing action or screen can only be used if the "Install files" action has already run.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Method Details

create

public static FilePropertyDescriptor create(String propertyName,
 Class beanClass,
 String displayName,
 String shortDescription,
 FileSelectionMode selectionMode)

Same as create(String, Class, String, String, FileSelectionMode, String[], String, String) with suffixes, filterName and context set to null.

create

public static FilePropertyDescriptor create(String propertyName,
 Class beanClass,
 String displayName,
 String shortDescription,
 FileSelectionMode selectionMode,
 String context)

Same as create(String, Class, String, String, FileSelectionMode, String[], String, String) with suffixes and filterName set to null.

create

public static FilePropertyDescriptor create(String propertyName,
 Class beanClass,
 String displayName,
 String shortDescription,
 FileSelectionMode selectionMode,
 String[] suffixes,
 String filterName)

Same as create(String, Class, String, String, FileSelectionMode, String[], String, String) with context set to null.

create

public static FilePropertyDescriptor create(String propertyName,
 Class beanClass,
 String displayName,
 String shortDescription,
 FileSelectionMode selectionMode,
 String[] suffixes,
 String filterName,
 String context)

Create a file property descriptor as with Install4JPropertyDescriptor.create(String, Class, String, String) and additional configuration specific to file properties.

Parameters:

selectionMode - the file selection mode when the user invokes the file chooser

suffixes - the accepted suffixes in the file chooser

filterName - the filter name in the file chooser

context - the context. The context allows to specify different editors for the same property types. See the CONTEXT_* properties for the built-in contexts.

Returns:

the property descriptor

setFileContentType

public FilePropertyDescriptor setFileContentType(FileContentType fileContentType)

Set the file content type. The install4j IDE has the capability to create some file types as described in the documentation for FileContentType. If you do not call this method, users will only be able to select the file, but there will be no way to create or edit a selected file.

Parameters:

fileContentType - the file content type

Returns:

this, for chained calls on this property descriptor