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/*
 *                 Sun Public License Notice
 * 
 * The contents of this file are subject to the Sun Public License
 * Version 1.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in
 * compliance with the License. A copy of the License is available at
 * http://www.sun.com/
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 * The Original Code is NetBeans. The Initial Developer of the Original
 * Code is Sun Microsystems, Inc. Portions Copyright 1997-2003 Sun
 * Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 */

package org.openide.util;

import java.beans.*;
import java.net.URL;
import java.lang.reflect.*;
import javax.swing.JComponent;

import org.openide.ErrorManager;

/** Provides help for any window or other feature in the system.
* It is designed to be JavaHelp-compatible and to use the same tactics when
* assigning help to {@link JComponent} instances.
* @see JavaHelp Integration API

* @author Petr Hamernik, Jaroslav Tulach, Jesse Glick */ public final class HelpCtx extends Object { private static final ErrorManager err; static { ErrorManager master = ErrorManager.getDefault(); ErrorManager sub = master.getInstance("org.openide.util.HelpCtx"); // NOI18N if (sub.isLoggable(ErrorManager.INFORMATIONAL)) { err = sub; } else { err = null; } } // JST: I do not want to have every class deprecated! // * @deprecated Please give a specific help page instead. /** Default help page. * This (hopefully) points to a note explaining to the user that no help is available. * Precisely, the Help ID is set to org.openide.util.HelpCtx.DEFAULT_HELP. */ public final static HelpCtx DEFAULT_HELP = new HelpCtx (HelpCtx.class.getName () + ".DEFAULT_HELP"); // NOI18N /** URL of the help page */ private final URL helpCtx; /** JavaHelp ID for the help */ private final String helpID; /** Create a help context by URL. * @deprecated Does not work nicely with JavaHelp. * @param helpCtx URL to point help to */ public HelpCtx(URL helpCtx) { this.helpCtx = helpCtx; this.helpID = null; } /** Create a help context by tag. * You must provide an ID of the * desired help for the item. The ID should refer to an * already installed help; this can be easily installed by specifying * a JavaHelp help set for the module (see the Modules API for details). * * @param helpID the JavaHelp ID of the help */ public HelpCtx(String helpID) { this.helpID = helpID; this.helpCtx = null; } /** Create a help context by class. * Assigns the name of a class as * the ID. * * @param clazz the class to take the name from */ public HelpCtx (Class clazz) { this (clazz.getName ()); } /** Get a URL to the help page, if applicable. * @return a URL to the page, or null if the target was specified by ID */ public URL getHelp () { return helpCtx; } /** Get the ID of the help page, if applicable. * @return the JavaHelp ID string, or null if specified by URL */ public String getHelpID () { return helpID; } // object identity public int hashCode () { int base = HelpCtx.class.hashCode (); if (helpCtx != null) base ^= helpCtx.hashCode (); if (helpID != null) base ^= helpID.hashCode (); return base; } public boolean equals (Object o) { if (o == null || ! (o instanceof HelpCtx)) return false; HelpCtx oo = (HelpCtx) o; return (helpCtx == oo.helpCtx || (helpCtx != null && helpCtx.equals(oo.helpCtx))) && (helpID == oo.helpID || (helpID != null && helpID.equals(oo.helpID))); } public String toString () { if (helpID != null) { return "HelpCtx[" + helpID + "]"; // NOI18N } else { return "HelpCtx[" + helpCtx + "]"; // NOI18N } } /** Set the help ID for a component. * @param comp the visual component to associate help to * @param helpID help ID, or null if the help ID should be removed */ public static void setHelpIDString (JComponent comp, String helpID) { if (err != null) err.log("setHelpIDString: " + helpID + " on " + comp); comp.putClientProperty("HelpID", helpID); // NOI18N } /** Find the help ID for a component. * If the component implements {@link org.openide.util.HelpCtx.Provider}, * its method {@link org.openide.util.HelpCtx.Provider#getHelpCtx} is called. * If the component has help attached by {@link #setHelpIDString}, it returns that. * Otherwise it checks the parent component recursively. * * @param comp the component to find help for * @return the help for that component (never null) */ public static HelpCtx findHelp (java.awt.Component comp) { if (err != null) err.log("findHelp on " + comp); while (comp != null) { if (comp instanceof HelpCtx.Provider) { HelpCtx h = ((HelpCtx.Provider)comp).getHelpCtx(); if (err != null) err.log("found help " + h + " through HelpCtx.Provider interface"); return h; } if (comp instanceof JComponent) { JComponent jc = (JComponent)comp; String hid = (String) jc.getClientProperty("HelpID"); // NOI18N if (hid != null) { if (err != null) err.log("found help " + hid + " by client property"); return new HelpCtx (hid); } } comp = comp.getParent (); if (err != null) err.log("no luck, trying parent " + comp); } if (err != null) err.log("nothing found"); return DEFAULT_HELP; } /** Finds help context for a generic object. Right now checks * for HelpCtx.Provider and handles java.awt.Component in a * special way compatible with JavaHelp. * Also {@link BeanDescriptor}'s are checked for a string-valued attribute * helpID, as per the JavaHelp specification (but no help sets * will be loaded). * * @param instance to search help for * @return the help for the object or HelpCtx.DEFAULT_HELP if HelpCtx cannot be found * * @since 4.3 */ public static HelpCtx findHelp (Object instance) { if (instance instanceof java.awt.Component) { return findHelp ((java.awt.Component)instance); } if (instance instanceof HelpCtx.Provider) { return ((HelpCtx.Provider)instance).getHelpCtx (); } try { BeanDescriptor d = Introspector.getBeanInfo(instance.getClass()).getBeanDescriptor(); String v = (String)d.getValue("helpID"); // NOI18N if (v != null) { return new HelpCtx(v); } } catch (IntrospectionException e) { ErrorManager.getDefault().notify(ErrorManager.INFORMATIONAL, e); } return HelpCtx.DEFAULT_HELP; } /** * An object implementing this interface is willing to answer * the HelpCtx.findHelp() query itself. * * @since 3.20 */ public static interface Provider { /** * Get the {@link HelpCtx} associated with implementing object. * @return assigned HelpCtx or * {@link #DEFAULT_HELP}, never null. */ public HelpCtx getHelpCtx(); } }
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