com.jgoodies.forms.layout

Class ConstantSize.Unit

java.lang.Object

com.jgoodies.forms.layout.ConstantSize.Unit

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Enclosing class:

ConstantSize

public static final class ConstantSize.Unit
extends Object
implements Serializable

An ordinal-based serializable typesafe enumeration for units as used in instances of ConstantSize.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	abbreviation() Returns the first character of this Unit's name.
String	encode() Returns a parseable string representation of this unit.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of this unit object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of this unit object. Note: This implementation may change at any time. It is intended for debugging purposes. For parsing, use encode() instead.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a string representation of the constant size

encode

public String encode()

Returns a parseable string representation of this unit.

Returns:

a String that can be parsed by the Forms parser

Since:

1.2

abbreviation

public String abbreviation()

Returns the first character of this Unit's name. Used to identify it in short format strings.

Returns:

the first character of this Unit's name.