Interface ProjectInformation

public interface ProjectInformation

General information about a project. Use ProjectUtils.getInformation(org.netbeans.api.project.Project) as a client. Use Project.getLookup() as a provider.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	PROP_DISPLAY_NAME	Property name fired when the display name changes.
static final String	PROP_ICON	Property name fired when the icon changes.
static final String	PROP_NAME	Property name fired when the code name changes.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener)	Add a listener to property changes.
String	getDisplayName()	Get a human-readable display name for the project.
Icon	getIcon()	Gets icon for given project.
String	getName()	Get a programmatic code name suitable for use in build scripts or other references.
Project	getProject()	Get the associated project.
void	removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener)	Remove a listener to property changes.

Field Details

PROP_NAME

static final String PROP_NAME

Property name fired when the code name changes.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

PROP_DISPLAY_NAME

static final String PROP_DISPLAY_NAME

Property name fired when the display name changes.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

PROP_ICON

static final String PROP_ICON

Property name fired when the icon changes.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Method Details

getName

String getName()

Get a programmatic code name suitable for use in build scripts or other references.

Project names should typically be distinctive enough to distinguish between different projects with some kind of relationships, but any usage of this name must take into account that they are not forced to be unique.

Should not contain odd characters; should be usable as a directory name on disk, as (part of) an Ant property name, etc. XXX precise format - at least conforms to XML NMTOKEN or ID

Returns:

a code name

See Also:

• PropertyUtils.getUsablePropertyName

getDisplayName

String getDisplayName()

Get a human-readable display name for the project. May contain spaces, international characters, etc. XXX precise format - probably XML PCDATA

Returns:

a display name for the project

getIcon

Icon getIcon()

Gets icon for given project. Usually determined by the project type.

Returns:

icon of the project.

See Also:

• ProjectIconAnnotator

getProject

Project getProject()

Get the associated project.

Returns:

the project for which information is being provided

addPropertyChangeListener

void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener)

Add a listener to property changes. Only PROP_NAME, PROP_DISPLAY_NAME, and PROP_ICON may be fired. Since the event source is the info object, you may use getProject().

Parameters:

listener - a listener to add

removePropertyChangeListener

void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener)

Remove a listener to property changes.

Parameters:

listener - a listener to remove