bundles/org.eclipse.wst.xml.ui/src/org/eclipse/wst/xml/ui/internal/properties/EnumeratedStringPropertyDescriptor.java

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 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *     Jens Lukowski/Innoopract - initial renaming/restructuring
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package org.eclipse.wst.xml.ui.internal.properties;



import java.util.Arrays;

import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.CellEditor;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
import org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.PropertyDescriptor;

/**
 * This class should be used for properties which require a combo box cell
 * editor and whose values consist of a list of enumerated strings.
 */
public class EnumeratedStringPropertyDescriptor extends PropertyDescriptor {
	protected StringComboBoxCellEditor fEditor;
	protected Composite fParent;

	/**
	 * The enumerated possible values for the described property
	 */
	protected String fValues[] = null;

	public EnumeratedStringPropertyDescriptor(Object id, String newDisplayName, String[] valuesArray) {
		super(id, newDisplayName);
		setDescription((String) id);
		fValues = valuesArray;
	}

	/**
	 * Creates and returns a new cell editor for editing this property.
	 * Returns <code>null</code> if the property is not editable.
	 * 
	 * @param parent
	 *            the parent widget for the cell editor
	 * @return the cell editor for this property, or <code>null</code> if
	 *         this property cannot be edited
	 */
	public CellEditor createPropertyEditor(Composite parent) {
		// Check to see if we already have a Cell Editor with a valid Control
		// under the given parent.
		// If any of that's not true, create and return a new Cell Editor
		if (fEditor == null || fEditor.getControl() == null || fEditor.getControl().isDisposed() || parent != fParent)
			fEditor = new StringComboBoxCellEditor(parent, fValues);
		fParent = parent;
		return fEditor;
	}

	public void updateValues(String newValues[]) {
		if (Arrays.equals(fValues, newValues))
			return;
		fValues = newValues;
		if (fEditor != null) {
			fEditor.setItems(newValues);
		}
	}
}