DynamicGridLayout (Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle (AUV) Workbench Documentation)

java.lang.Object
- SonarVis.Metcast.MetcastInterface.DynamicGridLayout

All Implemented Interfaces:

LayoutManager, Serializable
```
public class DynamicGridLayout
extends Object
implements LayoutManager, Serializable
```
A layout manager that lays out a container's components in a rectangular grid, with different sizes for each row/column.
As with GridLayout one component is placed in each rectangle, but the width of columns and height of rows are not necessarily the same. By default each row and column will be sized in proportion to the minimum size of the largest component in that row or column. Alternatively, individual rows or columns can be set to a fixed percentage of the container or their minimum size with various options. Components can also be set to fill the assigned area or use their minimum size and align themselves within that allocated space. If the grid itself doesn't completely fill the area assigned by the container there are methods to setthis alignment too.
Here's a simple example of using a DynamicGridLayout.
```
   //create the layout and set it
   setLayout(dgl=new DynamicGridLayout(2,2,5,5));

   //set any styles, sizes or alignments
   dgl.setRowSize(0,dgl.MINIMUM);

   //add the components
   add(new Button("Row One/Col One"));
   add(new Button("Row One/Col Two"));

   add(new Button("Row Two/Col One"));
   add(new Button("Row Two/Col Two"));
 
```
Version:

$Revision: 1.7 $

Author:

Robert Nielsen

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`static int`	`ABOVE_MINIMUM` Constants for above minimum size
`static int`	`BELOW_MINIMUM` Constants for below minimum size
`static int`	`BOTTOM` Constants for bottom alignment
`static int`	`CENTER` Constants for center alignment
`static int`	`DYNAMIC` Constants for dynamic size
`static int`	`FILL` Constants for full alignment
`static int`	`LABEL_FILL` Constants for label fill style
`static int`	`LABEL_MIN` Constants for label min style
`static int`	`LEFT` Constants for left alignment
`static int`	`MINIMUM` Constants for minimum size
`static int`	`RIGHT` Constants for right alignment
`static int`	`TOP` Constants for top alignment

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`DynamicGridLayout()` Creates a grid layout with a default of one column per component, in a single row.
`DynamicGridLayout(int rows, int cols)` Creates a grid layout with the specified number of rows and columns.
`DynamicGridLayout(int rows, int cols, int hgap, int vgap)` Creates a grid layout with the specified number of rows and columns.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`void`	`addLayoutComponent(String name, Component comp)` Adds the specified component with the specified name to the layout.
`int`	`getColumns()` Gets the number of columns in this layout.
`int`	`getHgap()` Gets the horizontal gap between components.
`int`	`getRows()` Gets the number of rows in this layout.
`int`	`getVgap()` Gets the vertical gap between components.
`void`	`layoutContainer(Container parent)` Lays out the specified container using this layout.
`Dimension`	`minimumLayoutSize(Container parent)` Determines the minimum size of the container argument using this grid layout.
`Dimension`	`preferredLayoutSize(Container parent)` Determines the preferred size of the container argument using this grid layout.
`void`	`removeLayoutComponent(Component comp)` Removes the specified component from the layout.
`void`	`resetGrid()` Resets the grid parameters.
`void`	`setColumnAlignment(int col, int value)` Sets the alignment for a particular column.
`void`	`setColumnAlignments(int start, int end, int value)` Sets the alignment of multiple columns.
`void`	`setColumns(int cols)` Sets the number of columns in this layout to the specified value.
`void`	`setColumnSize(int col, int value)` Sets the size of a column.
`void`	`setColumnSizes(int start, int end, int value)` Sets the size of multiple columns.
`void`	`setHgap(int hgap)` Sets the horizontal gap between components to the specified value.
`void`	`setHorizontalAlignment(int value)` This method is only required if there are no columns with dynamic widths which may cause the layout to be smaller than the allocated space.
`void`	`setRowAlignment(int row, int value)` Sets the alignment for a particular row.
`void`	`setRowAlignments(int start, int end, int value)` Sets the alignment of multiple rows.
`void`	`setRows(int rows)` Sets the number of rows in this layout to the specified value.
`void`	`setRowSize(int row, int value)` Sets the size of a row.
`void`	`setRowSizes(int start, int end, int value)` Sets the size of multiple rows.
`void`	`setStyle(int style)` Sets the style of this grid.
`void`	`setVerticalAlignment(int value)` This method is only required if there are no rows with dynamic heights which may cause the layout to be smaller than the allocated space.
`void`	`setVgap(int vgap)` Sets the vertical gap between components to the specified value.
`String`	`toString()` Returns the string representation of this grid layout's values.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - DYNAMIC
```
public static final int DYNAMIC
```
    Constants for dynamic size
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - MINIMUM
```
public static final int MINIMUM
```
    Constants for minimum size
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - ABOVE_MINIMUM
```
public static final int ABOVE_MINIMUM
```
    Constants for above minimum size
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - BELOW_MINIMUM
```
public static final int BELOW_MINIMUM
```
    Constants for below minimum size
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - FILL
```
public static final int FILL
```
    Constants for full alignment
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - CENTER
```
public static final int CENTER
```
    Constants for center alignment
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - LEFT
```
public static final int LEFT
```
    Constants for left alignment
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - RIGHT
```
public static final int RIGHT
```
    Constants for right alignment
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - TOP
```
public static final int TOP
```
    Constants for top alignment
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - BOTTOM
```
public static final int BOTTOM
```
    Constants for bottom alignment
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - LABEL_FILL
```
public static final int LABEL_FILL
```
    Constants for label fill style
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - LABEL_MIN
```
public static final int LABEL_MIN
```
    Constants for label min style
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Constructor Detail
  - DynamicGridLayout
```
public DynamicGridLayout()
```
    Creates a grid layout with a default of one column per component, in a single row.
  - DynamicGridLayout
```
public DynamicGridLayout(int rows,
                         int cols)
```
    Creates a grid layout with the specified number of rows and columns. All components in the layout are given equal size.
    One, but not both, of rows and cols can be zero, which means that any number of objects can be placed in a row or in a column.
    
    Parameters:
    
    rows - the rows, with the value zero meaning any number of rows.
    
    cols - the columns, with the value zero meaning any number of columns.
  - DynamicGridLayout
```
public DynamicGridLayout(int rows,
                         int cols,
                         int hgap,
                         int vgap)
```
    Creates a grid layout with the specified number of rows and columns.
    In addition, the horizontal and vertical gaps are set to the specified values. Horizontal gaps are placed at the left and right edges, and between each of the columns. Vertical gaps are placed at the top and bottom edges, and between each of the rows.
    One, but not both, of rows and cols can be zero, which means that any number of objects can be placed in a row or in a column.
    
    Parameters:
    
    rows - the rows, with the value zero meaning any number of rows.
    
    cols - the columns, with the value zero meaning any number of columns.
    
    hgap - the horizontal gap.
    
    vgap - the vertical gap.
- Method Detail
  - getRows
```
public int getRows()
```
    Gets the number of rows in this layout.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of rows in this layout.
  - setRows
```
public void setRows(int rows)
```
    Sets the number of rows in this layout to the specified value.
    
    Parameters:
    
    rows - the number of rows in this layout.
  - getColumns
```
public int getColumns()
```
    Gets the number of columns in this layout.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of columns in this layout.
    
    Since:
    
    JDK1.1
  - setColumns
```
public void setColumns(int cols)
```
    Sets the number of columns in this layout to the specified value.
    
    Parameters:
    
    cols - the number of columns in this layout.
  - getHgap
```
public int getHgap()
```
    Gets the horizontal gap between components.
    
    Returns:
    
    the horizontal gap between components.
  - setHgap
```
public void setHgap(int hgap)
```
    Sets the horizontal gap between components to the specified value.
    
    Parameters:
    
    hgap - the horizontal gap between components.
  - getVgap
```
public int getVgap()
```
    Gets the vertical gap between components.
    
    Returns:
    
    the vertical gap between components.
  - setVgap
```
public void setVgap(int vgap)
```
    Sets the vertical gap between components to the specified value.
    
    Parameters:
    
    vgap - the vertical gap between components.
  - resetGrid
```
public void resetGrid()
```
    Resets the grid parameters. All styles, alignments and sizes are reset to their default values.
  - setStyle
```
public void setStyle(int style)
```
    Sets the style of this grid. This provides a shortcut to producing several standard styles of grid layout by setting various row alignments and sizes. The style can be tweaked by using the set(Row|Column)Alignment and set(Row|Column)Size methods after a call to this one.
    The style parameter has the following parameters:
    - FILL to use all available space, with component heights and widths relative to their preferred size.
    - CENTER to use the same spacing as FILL but with each component being it's preferred size and centered in the space.
    - LABEL_FILL is a simple layout where the 1st, 3rd, etc. columns are considered to be labels and the intervening ones are the data components (TextFields, ComboBoxes). The labels are minimum size and right aligned and the others fill all available space.
    - LABEL_MIN is the same as LABEL_FILL but the data components are minimum too and aligned left.
    Parameters:
    
    style - the style to be set.
  - setHorizontalAlignment
```
public void setHorizontalAlignment(int value)
```
    This method is only required if there are no columns with dynamic widths which may cause the layout to be smaller than the allocated space. The horizontal alignment of the grid in this space can then be specified using this method. The default is centered. The available alignments are:
    - LEFT - align the grid to the left of the space available.
    - CENTER - center the grid in the space.
    - RIGHT - align the grid to the right of the space available.
    Parameters:
    
    value - the alignment to set
  - setVerticalAlignment
```
public void setVerticalAlignment(int value)
```
    This method is only required if there are no rows with dynamic heights which may cause the layout to be smaller than the allocated space. The vertical alignment of the grid in this space can then be specified using this method. The default is centered. The available alignments are:
    - TOP - align the grid to the top of the space available.
    - CENTER - center the grid in the space.
    - BOTTOM - align the grid to the bottom of the space available.
    Parameters:
    
    value - the alignment to set
  - setRowAlignment
```
public void setRowAlignment(int row,
                            int value)
```
    Sets the alignment for a particular row. If the alignment is not FILL, the preferred size of the component will be used unless it is greater than the available space, in which case it will be truncated. The default alignment is FILL for all rows. The available alignments are:
    - FILL - fill the entire vertical space available.
    - TOP - align to the top of the space available.
    - CENTER - center the component in the space.
    - BOTTOM - align with the bottom of the space available.
    Parameters:
    
    row - the row to set the alignment for
    
    value - the alignment to set.
  - setRowAlignments
```
public void setRowAlignments(int start,
                             int end,
                             int value)
```
    Sets the alignment of multiple rows. See setRowAlignment for details of alignment values.
    
    Parameters:
    
    start - the inclusive start row to set
    
    end - the inclusive end row to set
    
    value - the alignment to set
    
    See Also:
    
    setRowAlignment(int, int)
  - setColumnAlignment
```
public void setColumnAlignment(int col,
                               int value)
```
    Sets the alignment for a particular column. If the alignment is not FILL, the preferred size of the component will be used unless it is greater than the available space, in which case it will be truncated. The default alignment is FILL for all columns. The available alignments are:
    - FILL - fill the entire vertical space available.
    - LEFT - align to the left of the space available.
    - CENTER - center the component in the space.
    - RIGHT - align to the right of the space available.
    Parameters:
    
    col - the column to set the alignment for
    
    value - the alignment to set.
  - setColumnAlignments
```
public void setColumnAlignments(int start,
                                int end,
                                int value)
```
    Sets the alignment of multiple columns. See setColumnAlignment for details of alignment values.
    
    Parameters:
    
    start - the inclusive start column to set
    
    end - the inclusive end column to set
    
    value - the alignment to set
    
    See Also:
    
    setColumnAlignment(int, int)
  - setRowSize
```
public void setRowSize(int row,
                       int value)
```
    Sets the size of a row. The available sizes are:
    - percentage - a value between 1 and 100 for the percentage of the width of the grid that this row should take up.
    - MINIMUM - make sure that the height of this row is always the minimum height of of the largest component in the row no matter what it does to the formatting. It can look ugly if you resize the window too small but is good for labels which must always display all their text.
    - DYNAMIC - After the percentages and minumum components are removed from the grid width the rows with dynamic sizes are allocated a proportion of the remaining space based on the minimum height of the largest component in the row. This is the default size for all rows.
    - BELOW_MINIMUM - the height is set to MINIMUM unless this minimum size would be smaller than a dynamically allocated one, in which case DYNAMIC allocation is used. This setting is useful if you want a component to stick to it's minimum size in most situations but go even smaller if the panel size gets really small.
    - ABOVE_MINIMUM - the height is allocated using the DYNAMIC setting unless it would make the component smaller than it's minimum size, where MINIMUM is used. This option is useful if you want a component to take up any available space but never go smaller than it's minumum size.
    Parameters:
    
    row - The specified number of grid layout.
    
    value - The alignment to set.
  - setRowSizes
```
public void setRowSizes(int start,
                        int end,
                        int value)
```
    Sets the size of multiple rows. See setRowSize for details of alignment values.
    
    Parameters:
    
    start - the inclusive start row to set
    
    end - the inclusive end row to set
    
    value - the size to set
    
    See Also:
    
    setRowSize(int, int)
  - setColumnSize
```
public void setColumnSize(int col,
                          int value)
```
    Sets the size of a column. The available sizes are:
    - percentage - a value between 1 and 100 for the percentage of the width of the grid that this column should take up.
    - MINIMUM - make sure that the width of this column is always the minimum width of the largest component in the column no matter what it does to the formatting. It can look ugly if you resize the window too small but is good for labels which must always display all their text.
    - DYNAMIC - After the percentages and minumum components are removed from the grid width the columns with dynamic sizes are allocated a proportion of the remaining space based on the minimum width of the largest component in the row. This is the default size for all column.
    - BELOW_MINIMUM - the height is set to MINIMUM unless this minimum size would be smaller than a dynamically allocated one, in which case DYNAMIC allocation is used. This setting is useful if you want a component to stick to it's minimum size in most situations but go even smaller if the panel size gets really small.
    - ABOVE_MINIMUM - the width is allocated using the DYNAMIC setting unless it would make the component smaller than it's minimum size, where MINIMUM is used. This option is useful if you want a component to take up any available space but never go smaller than it's minumum size.
    Parameters:
    
    col - The specified number of grid layout.
    
    value - The alignment to set.
  - setColumnSizes
```
public void setColumnSizes(int start,
                           int end,
                           int value)
```
    Sets the size of multiple columns. See setColumnSize for details of alignment values.
    
    Parameters:
    
    start - the inclusive start column to set
    
    end - the inclusive end column to set
    
    value - the size to set
    
    See Also:
    
    setColumnSize(int, int)
  - addLayoutComponent
```
public void addLayoutComponent(String name,
                               Component comp)
```
    Adds the specified component with the specified name to the layout.
    
    Specified by:
    
    addLayoutComponent in interface LayoutManager
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of the component.
    
    comp - the component to be added.
  - removeLayoutComponent
```
public void removeLayoutComponent(Component comp)
```
    Removes the specified component from the layout.
    
    Specified by:
    
    removeLayoutComponent in interface LayoutManager
    
    Parameters:
    
    comp - the component to be removed.
  - preferredLayoutSize
```
public Dimension preferredLayoutSize(Container parent)
```
    Determines the preferred size of the container argument using this grid layout.
    The preferred width of a grid layout is the largest preferred width of any of the widths in the container times the number of columns, plus the horizontal padding times the number of columns plus one, plus the left and right insets of the target container.
    The preferred height of a grid layout is the largest preferred height of any of the heights in the container times the number of rows, plus the vertical padding times the number of rows plus one, plus the top and bottom insets of the target container.
    
    Specified by:
    
    preferredLayoutSize in interface LayoutManager
    
    Parameters:
    
    parent - the container in which to do the layout.
    
    Returns:
    
    the preferred dimensions to lay out the subcomponents of the specified container.
    
    See Also:
    
    GridLayout.minimumLayoutSize(java.awt.Container), Container.getPreferredSize()
  - minimumLayoutSize
```
public Dimension minimumLayoutSize(Container parent)
```
    Determines the minimum size of the container argument using this grid layout.
    The minimum width of a grid layout is the largest minimum width of any of the widths in the container times the number of columns, plus the horizontal padding times the number of columns plus one, plus the left and right insets of the target container.
    The minimum height of a grid layout is the largest minimum height of any of the heights in the container times the number of rows, plus the vertical padding times the number of rows plus one, plus the top and bottom insets of the target container.
    
    Specified by:
    
    minimumLayoutSize in interface LayoutManager
    
    Parameters:
    
    parent - the container in which to do the layout.
    
    Returns:
    
    the minimum dimensions needed to lay out the subcomponents of the specified container.
    
    See Also:
    
    GridLayout.preferredLayoutSize(java.awt.Container), Container.doLayout()
  - layoutContainer
```
public void layoutContainer(Container parent)
```
    Lays out the specified container using this layout.
    This method reshapes the components in the specified target container in order to satisfy the constraints of the GridLayout object.
    The grid layout manager determines the size of individual components by dividing the free space in the container into equal-sized portions according to the number of rows and columns in the layout. The container's free space equals the container's size minus any insets and any specified horizontal or vertical gap. All components in a grid layout are given the same size.
    
    Specified by:
    
    layoutContainer in interface LayoutManager
    
    Parameters:
    
    parent - the container in which to do the layout.
    
    See Also:
    
    Container, Container.doLayout()
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Returns the string representation of this grid layout's values.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
    
    Returns:
    
    a string representation of this grid layout.

Class DynamicGridLayout

Field Summary

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

DYNAMIC

MINIMUM

ABOVE_MINIMUM

BELOW_MINIMUM

FILL

CENTER

LEFT

RIGHT

TOP

BOTTOM

LABEL_FILL

LABEL_MIN

Constructor Detail

DynamicGridLayout

DynamicGridLayout

DynamicGridLayout

Method Detail

getRows

setRows

getColumns

setColumns

getHgap

setHgap

getVgap

setVgap

resetGrid

setStyle

setHorizontalAlignment

setVerticalAlignment

setRowAlignment

setRowAlignments

setColumnAlignment

setColumnAlignments

setRowSize

setRowSizes

setColumnSize

setColumnSizes

addLayoutComponent

removeLayoutComponent

preferredLayoutSize

minimumLayoutSize

layoutContainer

toString