Rich Client Programming, w. CD-ROM

Defining Your Own Modes 153 8.8 Using TopComponent Groups 158 Chapter 9: Nodes, Explorer Views, Actions, and Presenters 163 9.1 The Nodes API 164 9.2 The Explorer API 177 9.3 Actions 190 9.4 Node Properties 199 9.5 Nodes and DataObjects: Creating a System Filesystem Browser 203 9.6 Epilogue: Of Nodes, Property Sheets, and User Interface Design 205 Chapter 10: DataObjects and DataLoaders 207 10.1 DataObjects: Where Do They Come From? 210 10.2 Adding Support for a New File Type 212 10.3 Using Custom File Types Internally 234 10.4 Serialized Objects and the System Filesystem 235 Chapter 11: Graphical User Interfaces 237 11.1 Introduction 237 11.2 Creating a New GUI Form 240 11.3 Placing and Aligning a Component in a Form 240 11.4 Setting Component Size and Resizability 242 11.5 Specifying Component Behavior and Appearance 244 11.6 Generating Event Listening and Handling Methods 244 11.7 Customizing Generated Code 247 11.8 Building an Explorer View Visually 249 11.9 Previewing a Form 250 11.10 Using Custom Beans in the Form Editor 250 11.11 Using Different Layout Managers 251 Chapter 12: Multiview Editors 253 12.1 Introduction 253 12.2 Getting Started 255 12.3 Understanding Multiview Editors 256 12.4 Creating the Editor's Infrastructure 257 12.5 Creating the Source View 261 12.6 Creating the Visual View 269 12.7 Finishing the Sample 271 Chapter 13: Syntax Highlighting 273 13.1 Introduction 273 13.2 Preparing to Create Syntax Highlighting 274 13.3 Creating Token IDs 275 13.4 Creating a Lexical Analyzer 277 13.5 Extending the Options Window 281 13.6 Registering the Syntax Highlighting in the Layer File 284 13.7 Finishing Up 286 Chapter 14: Code Completion 287 14.1 Introduction 287 14.2 Understanding Code Completion 289 14.3 Code Completion Query Types 291 14.4 Preparing to Work with the CompletionProvider Interface 291 14.5 Implementing a CompletionProvider 293 14.6 Implementing a CompletionItem 296 14.7 Adding a Filter to the CompletionProvider 300 14.8 Adding Documentation to the Code Completion Box 304 14.9 Adding a Tooltip to the Code Completion Box 305 Chapter 15: Component Palettes 307 15.1 Introduction 307 15.2 Adding Items to a Palette 313 15.3 Dragging and Dropping Palette Items 323 15.4 Adding Supporting Features to a Palette 331 15.5 Creating a Palette for a Text-Based Editor 344 Chapter 16: Hyperlinks 355 16.1 Introduction 355 16.2 Preparing to Work with the HyperlinkProvider Class 357 16.3 Hyperlinks in Manifest Files 359 Chapter 17: Annotations 367 17.1 Introduction 367 17.2 Preparing to Create an Error Annotation 368 17.3 Creating an Error Annotation 368 17.4 Preparing to Use an Error Annotation 376 17.5 Using an Error Annotation 377 17.6 Finishing Up 383 Chapter 18: Options Windows 385 18.1 Introduction 385 18.2 Looking at the Options Window Extension Files 389 18.3 Creating a Primary Panel 393 18.4 Adding Settings to the Options Window 396 Chapter 19: Web Frameworks 399 19.1 Introduction 399 19.2 Preparing to Work with the WebFrameworkProvider Class 404 19.3 Providing a Framework Configuration Panel 406 19.4 Creating a Source Structure 413 19.5 Letting the User Select a Library in the Frameworks Panel 423 19.6 Project Properties Dialog Box and Web Frameworks 424 19.7 Finishing Up 427 Chapter 20: Web Services 429 20.1 Introduction 429 20.2 Creating and Testing a Web Service Client 430 20.3 Integrating the Web Service Client 435 Chapter 21: JavaHelp Documentation 441 21.1 Creating a Help Set 442 21.2 Removing the IDE's Help Sets 446 21.3 Branding the Help Set's Default Texts 449 Chapter 22 Update Centers 453 22.1 Introduction 453 22.2 Adding the IDE's Update Center Functionality 454 22.3 Creating and Distributing an Autoupdate Descriptor 456 22.4 Distributing the URL to the Autoupdate Descriptor 458 22.5 Downloading NBM Files from an Update Center 461 22.6 Publishing Updates to Existing Modules 462 Chapter 23: Use Case 1: NetBeans Module Development 463 23.1 Introduction 463 23.2 Calling the External Tool 465 23.3 Handling the Output 476 23.4 Configuring the Tool 491 23.5 Formatting and Converting Files 496 23.6 Controlling the Conversion 505 Chapter 24: Use Case 2: Rich Unger on Application Development 521 24.1 Introduction 521 24.2 Getting Started 522 24.3 Creating Support for the audio/wav MIME Type 526 24.4 Encapsulating Audio Data in the WavDataObject 530 24.5 Creating a Component for Viewing WAV Files 533 24.6 Converting WAV Editor to Multiview 535 24.7 Creating an API for Plugging in Additional Views 542 24.8 Implementing Your Own API to Provide a New View 544 Chapter A: Advanced Module System Techniques 551 A.1 Hiding Implementation Details 551 A.2 Design for Extensibility 553 A.3 Splitting API and Implementation 555 A.4 Do I Really Need Cyclic Dependency? 559 A.5 Crossing the Informational Divide 563 A.6 Restricting Access to Friends 565 A.7 Having Public as Well as Friend API 566 A.8 A Final Word on Modularity 568 Chapter B: Common Idioms and Code Patterns in NetBeans 569 B.1 Things You Do Differently in NetBeans Than in Plain Swing Code 569 B.2 Things That Represent Files 571 B.3 Working with Lookup 573 B.4 Projects 573 Chapter C: Performance 575 C.1 Responsiveness versus Performance 577 C.2 Performance Tips for Module Authors 578 C.3 Writing Modules That Are Good Citizens 579 Index 583