libjava/java/awt/Label.java

/* Label.java -- Java label widget
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package java.awt;

import java.awt.peer.LabelPeer;
import java.awt.peer.ComponentPeer;

/**
  * This component is used for displaying simple text strings that cannot
  * be edited.
  *
  * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
  * @author Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
  */
public class Label extends Component implements java.io.Serializable
{

/*
 * Static Variables
 */

/**
  * Alignment constant aligning the text to the left of its window.
  */
public static final int LEFT = 0;

/**
  * Alignment constant aligning the text in the center of its window.
  */
public static final int CENTER = 1;

/**
  * Alignment constant aligning the text to the right of its window.
  */
public static final int RIGHT = 2;

// Serialization version constant:
private static final long serialVersionUID = 3094126758329070636L;

/*************************************************************************/

/*
 * Instance Variables
 */

/**
  * @serial Indicates the alignment of the text within this label's window.
  * This is one of the constants in this class.  The default value is 
  * <code>LEFT</code>.
  */
private int alignment;

/**
  * @serial The text displayed in the label
  */
private String text;

/*************************************************************************/

/*
 * Constructors
 */

/**
  * Initializes a new instance of <code>Label</code> with no text.
  */
public
Label()
{
  this("", LEFT);
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * Initializes a new instance of <code>Label</code> with the specified
  * text that is aligned to the left.
  *
  * @param text The text of the label.
  */
public
Label(String text)
{
  this(text, LEFT);
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * Initializes a new instance of <code>Label</code> with the specified
  * text and alignment.
  *
  * @param text The text of the label.
  * @param alignment The desired alignment for the text in this label,
  * which must be one of <code>LEFT</code>, <code>CENTER</code>, or
  * <code>RIGHT</code>.
  */
public
Label(String text, int alignment)
{
  setAlignment (alignment);
  setText (text);
}

/*************************************************************************/

/*
 * Instance Variables
 */

/**
  * Returns the constant indicating the alignment of the text in this
  * label.  The value returned will be one of the alignment constants
  * from this class.
  *
  * @return The alignment of the text in the label.
  */
public int
getAlignment()
{
  return(alignment);
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * Sets the text alignment of this label to the specified value.
  *
  * @param alignment The desired alignment for the text in this label,
  * which must be one of <code>LEFT</code>, <code>CENTER</code>, or
  * <code>RIGHT</code>.
  */
public synchronized void
setAlignment(int alignment)
{
  if (alignment != CENTER && alignment != LEFT && alignment != RIGHT)
    throw new IllegalArgumentException ("invalid alignment: " + alignment);
  this.alignment = alignment;
  if (peer != null)
    {
      LabelPeer lp = (LabelPeer) peer;
      lp.setAlignment (alignment);
    }
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * Returns the text displayed in this label.
  *
  * @return The text for this label.
  */
public String
getText()
{
  return(text);
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * Sets the text in this label to the specified value.
  *
  * @param text The new text for this label.
  */
public synchronized void
setText(String text)
{
  this.text = text;

  if (peer != null)
    {
      LabelPeer lp = (LabelPeer) peer;
      lp.setText (text);
    }
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * Notifies this lable that it has been added to a container, causing
  * the peer to be created.  This method is called internally by the AWT
  * system.
  */
public void
addNotify()
{
  if (peer == null)
    peer = getToolkit ().createLabel (this);
  super.addNotify ();
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * Returns a parameter string useful for debugging.
  *
  * @param A debugging string.
  */
protected String
paramString()
{
  return ("text=" + getText() + ",alignment=" +
	  getAlignment() + "," + super.paramString());
}

} // class Label