org.netbeans.api.project.libraries
Class LibraryChooser

java.lang.Object
  org.netbeans.api.project.libraries.LibraryChooser

public final class LibraryChooser
extends Object

Visual picker for libraries.

Since:

org.netbeans.modules.project.libraries/1 1.16

Nested Class Summary

static interface	LibraryChooser.Filter Filter for use by LibraryChooser#createPanel() or LibraryChooser#showDialog().
static interface	LibraryChooser.LibraryImportHandler Handler for library importing.
static interface	LibraryChooser.Panel Represents operations permitted by createPanel(org.netbeans.api.project.libraries.LibraryManager, org.netbeans.api.project.libraries.LibraryChooser.Filter).

Method Summary

static LibraryChooser.Panel	createPanel(LibraryManager manager, LibraryChooser.Filter filter) Create a picker as an embeddable panel.
static Set<Library>	showDialog(LibraryManager manager, LibraryChooser.Filter filter, LibraryChooser.LibraryImportHandler handler) Create a chooser showing libraries from given library manager and let the user to pick some.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

showDialog

public static Set<Library> showDialog(LibraryManager manager,
                                      LibraryChooser.Filter filter,
                                      LibraryChooser.LibraryImportHandler handler)

Create a chooser showing libraries from given library manager and let the user to pick some.

Parameters:

manager - manager; can be null in which case global libraries are listed

filter - optional libraries filter; null for no filtering

handler - handler to perform library importing; can be null in which case import will not be allowed in UI

Returns:

a nonempty set of libraries that were selected, or null if the dialog was cancelled

createPanel

public static LibraryChooser.Panel createPanel(LibraryManager manager,
                                               LibraryChooser.Filter filter)

Create a picker as an embeddable panel. Might be used in a wizard, for example.

Parameters:

manager - library manager to use or null for global libraries

filter - optional libraries filter; null for no filtering

Returns:

a panel controller