Is there an existing library that automatically creates a Java Swing form from a Properties (or Properties-like) object? i.e. shows 2 columns, as many rows as there are properties, properly justified Property names on the left, JTextFields for the values on the right.
I do not have access to the property names (or expected types) at compile time.
In addition, the solution must allow some value fields to be set read-only after construction.
A great solution would :
- allow some property values to be specified as sensitive, requiring a JPasswordField
- provide input format checking, e.g. against an object type (such as URL, Double, etc)
or by type-sensitive so that appropriate widgets (or buttons to bring up appropriate widgets) are used instead of JTextField for standard object types. e.g. JFileChooser for properties expected to be of a File type, SwingX Colour/Date selection, numerical format checking)
Getting into type-specific properties starts to sound like JavaBeans. I’d rather not go down the JavaBeans route unless there is a really easy – not a big framework – solution for this for an object that is a Javabean.
(I already know how to manually do this and could write a simple implementation myself that ignores sensitivity/type information – anyone answering along those lines will be shot down! I only want to know if such a beast already exists, preferably in a well maintained library)
UPDATE: related to Java Beans – creating an inspector window
No such thing exists. However, I wrote a rudimentary feature (and released it OSS) for https://github.com/fommil/zibaldone