Java JButton Settings setMnemonic(AbstractButton actionComponent)

Description

Translate the character following MNEMONIC_CHARACTER in the label by a mnemonic

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
actionComponent	The menu item

Declaration

public static void setMnemonic(AbstractButton actionComponent) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from   w  w w. jav a 2  s.c om*/
 * OrbisGIS is a GIS application dedicated to scientific spatial simulation.
 * This cross-platform GIS is developed at French IRSTV institute and is able to
 * manipulate and create vector and raster spatial information.
 *
 * OrbisGIS is distributed under GPL 3 license. It is produced by the "Atelier SIG"
 * team of the IRSTV Institute <http://www.irstv.fr/> CNRS FR 2488.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2007-2012 IRSTV (FR CNRS 2488)
 *
 * This file is part of OrbisGIS.
 *
 * OrbisGIS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
 * terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
 * Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
 * version.
 *
 * OrbisGIS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
 * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
 * OrbisGIS. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 * For more information, please consult: <http://www.orbisgis.org/>
 * or contact directly:
 * info_at_ orbisgis.org
 */

import javax.swing.AbstractButton;
import javax.swing.Action;

public class Main {
    public static final Character MNEMONIC_CHARACTER = '&';
    public static final String MNEMONIC_STRING = MNEMONIC_CHARACTER.toString();

    /**
     * Translate the character following MNEMONIC_CHARACTER in the label by a mnemonic
     * @param action The action instance
     */
    public static void setMnemonic(Action action) {
        String actionLabel = (String) action.getValue(Action.NAME);
        if (actionLabel != null) {
            int charPosition = getMnemonicCharPos(actionLabel);
            if (charPosition >= 0) {
                action.putValue(Action.MNEMONIC_KEY,
                        new Integer(Character.toUpperCase(actionLabel.charAt(charPosition + 1))));
                // Update Name
                action.putValue(Action.NAME, clearMnemonic(charPosition, actionLabel));
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Translate the character following MNEMONIC_CHARACTER in the label by a mnemonic
     * @param actionComponent The menu item
     */
    public static void setMnemonic(AbstractButton actionComponent) {
        String componentLabel = actionComponent.getText();
        int charPosition = getMnemonicCharPos(componentLabel);
        if (charPosition >= 0) {
            actionComponent.setMnemonic(Character.toUpperCase(componentLabel.charAt(charPosition + 1)));
            actionComponent.setText(clearMnemonic(charPosition, componentLabel));
        }
    }

    /**
     * @param label
     * @return Position of the mnemonic character, -1 if not found
     */
    private static int getMnemonicCharPos(String label) {
        int charPosition = label.indexOf(MNEMONIC_CHARACTER);
        while (charPosition != -1 && label.length() > charPosition + 1) {
            if (label.charAt(charPosition + 1) != new Character(MNEMONIC_CHARACTER)) {
                return charPosition;
            } else {
                //found &&
                charPosition = label.indexOf(MNEMONIC_CHARACTER, charPosition + 2);
            }
        }
        return -1;
    }

    /**
     * remove mnemonic hint. ex: "A &Label" become "A Label"
     * @param mnemonicPosition
     * @param originalText
     * @return
     */
    private static String clearMnemonic(int mnemonicPosition, String originalText) {
        String removedSpecChar = originalText.substring(0, mnemonicPosition)
                + originalText.substring(mnemonicPosition + 1, originalText.length());
        removedSpecChar = removedSpecChar.replace(MNEMONIC_STRING + MNEMONIC_STRING, MNEMONIC_STRING);
        return removedSpecChar;
    }
}

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