001    /*
002     * This file is part of McIDAS-V
003     *
004     * Copyright 2007-2013
005     * Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC)
006     * University of Wisconsin - Madison
007     * 1225 W. Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, USA
008     * https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/mcidas
009     * 
010     * All Rights Reserved
011     * 
012     * McIDAS-V is built on Unidata's IDV and SSEC's VisAD libraries, and
013     * some McIDAS-V source code is based on IDV and VisAD source code.  
014     * 
015     * McIDAS-V is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
016     * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by
017     * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
018     * (at your option) any later version.
019     * 
020     * McIDAS-V is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
021     * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
022     * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
023     * GNU Lesser Public License for more details.
024     * 
025     * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser Public License
026     * along with this program.  If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses.
027     */
028    
029    package edu.wisc.ssec.mcidasv.data.dateChooser;
030    
031    import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
032    import java.util.Date;
033    import java.util.Locale;
034    
035    import javax.swing.JComponent;
036    
037    /**
038     * All date editors that should be used by a JDateChooser have to implement this
039     * interface.
040     * 
041     * @author Kai Toedter
042     * @version $LastChangedRevision: 105 $
043     * @version $LastChangedDate: 2007-02-16 12:56:29 +0100 (Fr, 16 Feb 2007) $
044     * 
045     */
046    public interface IDateEditor {
047    
048            /**
049             * 
050             * Returns the date.
051             * 
052             * @return the date
053             */
054            public Date getDate();
055    
056            /**
057             * Sets the date. This should be implemented as a bound property, firing the
058             * "date" property.
059             * 
060             * @param date
061             *            the date to set
062             */
063            public void setDate(Date date);
064    
065            /**
066             * Sets the date format string, e.g. "MM/dd/yy". If the date format string
067             * is null or invalid, the date format string will be set to the MEDIUM
068             * Simple date format of the current locale.
069             * 
070             * @param dateFormatString
071             *            the date format string
072             */
073            public void setDateFormatString(String dateFormatString);
074    
075            /**
076             * Returns tha date format string.
077             * 
078             * @return the date format string
079             */
080            public String getDateFormatString();
081    
082            /**
083             * Sets a valid date range for selectable dates. If max is before
084             * min, the default range with no limitation is set.
085             * 
086             * @param min
087             *            the minimum selectable date or null (then the minimum date should be
088             *            set to 01\01\0001)
089             * @param max
090             *            the maximum selectable date or null (then the maximum date should be
091             *            set to 01\01\9999)
092             */
093            public void setSelectableDateRange(Date min, Date max) ;
094    
095            /**
096             * Gets the minimum selectable date.
097             * 
098             * @return the minimum selectable date
099             */
100            public Date getMaxSelectableDate();
101            
102            /**
103             * Gets the maximum selectable date.
104             * 
105             * @return the maximum selectable date
106             */
107            public Date getMinSelectableDate();
108    
109            /**
110             * Sets the maximum selectable date.
111             * 
112             * @param max maximum selectable date
113             */
114            public void setMaxSelectableDate(Date max);
115    
116            /**
117             * Sets the minimum selectable date.
118             * 
119             * @param min minimum selectable date
120             */
121            public void setMinSelectableDate(Date min);
122    
123            /**
124             * Returns the UI component, e.g. the actual JTextField implementing the
125             * editor.
126             * 
127             * @return the UI component
128             */
129            public JComponent getUiComponent();
130    
131            /**
132             * Sets the locale. Usually this should have impact on the current date
133             * format string.
134             * 
135             * @param locale
136             *            the locale to set
137             */
138            public void setLocale(Locale locale);
139    
140            /**
141             * Enables or disables the UI compoment.
142             * 
143             * @param enabled
144             *            true, if the UI component should be enabled.
145             */
146            public void setEnabled(boolean enabled);
147    
148            /**
149             * Adds a property change listener that should be added to the implementing
150             * UI component. The UI component should fire a "date" property if the date
151             * changes.
152             * 
153             * @param listener
154             *            the property change listener.
155             */
156            public void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener);
157    
158            /**
159             * Adds a property change listener that should be added to the implementing
160             * UI component. The UI component should fire a "date" property if the date
161             * changes.
162             * 
163             * @param propertyName
164             *            the property name, e.g. "date"
165             * @param listener
166             *            the property change listener.
167             */
168            public void addPropertyChangeListener(String propertyName, PropertyChangeListener listener);
169    
170            /**
171             * Removes a property change listener.
172             * 
173             * @param listener
174             *            the property change listener.
175             */
176            public void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener);
177    
178            /**
179             * Removes the listener from the date editor's property change listeners for the specific property.
180             * 
181             * @param propertyName
182             *            the property to listen for, e.g. "date"
183             * @param listener
184             *            the listener
185             */
186            public void removePropertyChangeListener(String propertyName, PropertyChangeListener listener);
187    }