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If you modify this library, you may extend 034 this exception to your version of the library, but you are not 035 obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this 036 exception statement from your version. */ 037 038 039 package javax.swing; 040 041 import java.awt.AWTEvent; 042 import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent; 043 044 import javax.accessibility.Accessible; 045 import javax.accessibility.AccessibleContext; 046 import javax.accessibility.AccessibleRole; 047 import javax.swing.plaf.ToolTipUI; 048 049 /** 050 * This class is used to display ToolTips. ToolTips are small floating windows 051 * that display text when the mouse comes to rest over a Component. ToolTips 052 * are set for JComponents using JComponent.setToolTipText(String). 053 */ 054 public class JToolTip extends JComponent implements Accessible 055 { 056 057 private static final long serialVersionUID = -1138929898906751643L; 058 059 /** 060 * Provides the accessibility features for the <code>JToolTip</code> 061 * component. 062 */ 063 protected class AccessibleJToolTip extends AccessibleJComponent 064 { 065 private static final long serialVersionUID = -6222548177795408476L; 066 067 /** 068 * Creates a new AccessibleJToolTip object. 069 */ 070 protected AccessibleJToolTip() 071 { 072 // Nothing to do here. 073 } 074 075 /** 076 * Returns a description for the accessible component. 077 * 078 * @return A description for the accessible component. 079 */ 080 public String getAccessibleDescription() 081 { 082 String result = super.getAccessibleDescription(); 083 if (result == null) 084 result = text; 085 return result; 086 } 087 088 /** 089 * Returns the accessible role for the <code>JToolTip</code> component. 090 * 091 * @return {@link AccessibleRole#TOOL_TIP}. 092 */ 093 public AccessibleRole getAccessibleRole() 094 { 095 return AccessibleRole.TOOL_TIP; 096 } 097 } 098 099 /** The text to display in the JToolTip. */ 100 String text; 101 102 /** The component that the tool tip is associated with. */ 103 JComponent component; 104 105 /** 106 * Creates a new <code>JToolTip</code> instance. 107 */ 108 public JToolTip() 109 { 110 disableEvents(AWTEvent.MOUSE_EVENT_MASK); 111 updateUI(); 112 } 113 114 /** 115 * Returns the text displayed by the tool tip. 116 * 117 * @return The text (possibly <code>null</code>). 118 * 119 * @see #setTipText(String) 120 */ 121 public String getTipText() 122 { 123 return text; 124 } 125 126 /** 127 * Returns the object that provides accessibility features for this 128 * <code>JToolTip</code> component. 129 * 130 * @return The accessible context (an instance of {@link AccessibleJToolTip}). 131 */ 132 public AccessibleContext getAccessibleContext() 133 { 134 if (accessibleContext == null) 135 accessibleContext = new AccessibleJToolTip(); 136 return accessibleContext; 137 } 138 139 /** 140 * Returns the component that the tool tip is associated with. 141 * 142 * @return The component (possibly <code>null</code>). 143 * 144 * @see #setComponent(JComponent) 145 */ 146 public JComponent getComponent() 147 { 148 return component; 149 } 150 151 /** 152 * Returns the current UI delegate for this component. 153 * 154 * @return The UI delegate. 155 */ 156 public ToolTipUI getUI() 157 { 158 return (ToolTipUI) ui; 159 } 160 161 /** 162 * Returns the string suffix used to identify the UI class, in this case 163 * <code>"ToolTipUI"</code>. 164 * 165 * @return <code>"ToolTipUI"</code>. 166 */ 167 public String getUIClassID() 168 { 169 return "ToolTipUI"; 170 } 171 172 /** 173 * Returns a string describing the attributes for the <code>JToolTip</code> 174 * component, for use in debugging. The return value is guaranteed to be 175 * non-<code>null</code>, but the format of the string may vary between 176 * implementations. 177 * 178 * @return A string describing the attributes of the <code>JToolTip</code>. 179 */ 180 protected String paramString() 181 { 182 StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(super.paramString()); 183 sb.append(",tiptext="); 184 if (text != null) 185 sb.append(text); 186 return sb.toString(); 187 } 188 189 /** 190 * Sets the component that the tool tip is associated with and sends a 191 * {@link PropertyChangeEvent} (with the property name 'component') to all 192 * registered listeners. 193 * 194 * @param c the component (<code>null</code> permitted). 195 * 196 * @see #getComponent() 197 */ 198 public void setComponent(JComponent c) 199 { 200 JComponent oldValue = component; 201 component = c; 202 firePropertyChange("component", oldValue, c); 203 } 204 205 /** 206 * Sets the text to be displayed by the tool tip and sends a 207 * {@link PropertyChangeEvent} (with the property name 'tiptext') to all 208 * registered listeners. 209 * 210 * @param tipText the text (<code>null</code> permitted). 211 * 212 * @see #getTipText() 213 */ 214 public void setTipText(String tipText) 215 { 216 String oldValue = text; 217 text = tipText; 218 firePropertyChange("tiptext", oldValue, tipText); 219 } 220 221 /** 222 * This method resets the UI used to the Look and Feel default. 223 */ 224 public void updateUI() 225 { 226 setUI((ToolTipUI) UIManager.getUI(this)); 227 } 228 229 /** 230 * Returns <code>true</code> if the component is guaranteed to be painted 231 * on top of others. This returns false by default and is overridden by 232 * components like JMenuItem, JPopupMenu and JToolTip to return true for 233 * added efficiency. 234 * 235 * @return <code>true</code> if the component is guaranteed to be painted 236 * on top of others 237 */ 238 boolean onTop() 239 { 240 return true; 241 } 242 }