com.jgoodies.forms.layout
Class ConstantSize.Unit

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.jgoodies.forms.layout.ConstantSize.Unit
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable
Enclosing class:
ConstantSize

public static final class ConstantSize.Unit
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

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

See Also:
Serialized Form

Method Summary
 java.lang.String abbreviation()
          Returns the first character of this Unit's name.
 java.lang.String encode()
          Returns a parseable string representation of this unit.
 java.lang.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 java.lang.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 java.lang.Object
Returns:
a string representation of the constant size

encode

public java.lang.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 java.lang.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.


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