Class ListDataIntelliHints<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:
IntelliHints

public class ListDataIntelliHints<T> extends AbstractListIntelliHints
ListDataIntelliHints is a concrete implementation of IntelliHints. It provides hints from a known list of data. It is similar to auto complete text field except the list will be filtered depending on what user types in so far.
  • Constructor Details

    • ListDataIntelliHints

      public ListDataIntelliHints(JTextComponent comp, List<T> completionList)
    • ListDataIntelliHints

      public ListDataIntelliHints(JTextComponent comp, T[] completionList)
  • Method Details

    • getCompletionList

      public List<T> getCompletionList()
      Gets the list of hints.
      Returns:
      the list of hints.
    • setCompletionList

      public void setCompletionList(List<T> completionList)
      Sets a new list of hints.
      Parameters:
      completionList - a new list of hints.
    • setCompletionList

      public void setCompletionList(T[] completionList)
      Sets a new list of hints.
      Parameters:
      completionList - a new array of hints.
    • updateHints

      public boolean updateHints(Object context)
      Description copied from interface: IntelliHints
      Update hints depending on the context. This method will be triggered for every key typed event in the text component. Subclass can override it to provide your own list of hints and call setListData to set it and returns true after that.
      Specified by:
      updateHints in interface IntelliHints
      Overrides:
      updateHints in class AbstractIntelliHints
      Parameters:
      context - the current context
      Returns:
      true or false. If it is false, hint popup will not be shown.
    • compare

      protected boolean compare(Object context, T o)
      Compares the context with the object in the completion list.
      Parameters:
      context - the context returned from AbstractIntelliHints.getContext() method.
      o - the object in the completion list.
      Returns:
      true if the context matches with the object. Otherwise false.
    • isCaseSensitive

      public boolean isCaseSensitive()
      Checks if it used case sensitive search. By default it's false.
      Returns:
      if it's case sensitive.
    • setCaseSensitive

      public void setCaseSensitive(boolean caseSensitive)
      Sets the case sensitive flag. By default, it's false meaning it's a case insensitive search.
      Parameters:
      caseSensitive - true or false.