org.pf.swing
Class RadioButtonGroup

java.lang.Object
  javax.swing.ButtonGroup
      org.pf.swing.RadioButtonGroup

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class RadioButtonGroup
extends javax.swing.ButtonGroup

A radio button group with some additional convenience methods

Version:

1.0

Author:

Manfred Duchrow

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

RadioButtonGroup()
Initialize the new instance with default values.

Method Summary

void	add(javax.swing.AbstractButton button)
java.lang.Object	getSelectedValue() Returns the value associated with the button currently selected.
void	selectByValue(java.lang.Object valueOfButton) Changes the selection to the radio button which has the same value as the given parameter.

Methods inherited from class javax.swing.ButtonGroup

getButtonCount, getElements, getSelection, isSelected, remove, setSelected

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RadioButtonGroup

public RadioButtonGroup()

Initialize the new instance with default values.

Method Detail

add

public void add(javax.swing.AbstractButton button)

Overrides:

add in class javax.swing.ButtonGroup

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the given button is not an instance of RadioButton

See Also:

Allows only RadioButton instances to be added

selectByValue

public void selectByValue(java.lang.Object valueOfButton)

Changes the selection to the radio button which has the same value as the given parameter.

Parameters:

valueOfButton - The value of the button to select

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the given value is null

getSelectedValue

public java.lang.Object getSelectedValue()

Returns the value associated with the button currently selected. If none is selected, null will be returned.