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"Paul Furbacher [TeamB]" <pnf@home.com> wrote in message
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> "Ren� Thomsen" wrote:
> >
> > i want to e.g have a panel filled with jtextfields dynamically this
works
> > fine, but i want to traverse the panels child components dynamically as
> > well.
> > Since i dont know the number of components before runtime i need a way
of
> > identifying each childcomponent and its properties.
> > this is done with  "panelname.getcomponent(int)"  this also works fine
> > except the string returned from this function dosent return all
properties,
> > only some.
>
> Panel.getComponent(int) returns Component, not String.
>
> Typically, you do the following when attempting to
> manipulate the nested components of a panel:
>
>   Component [] components = myPanel.getComponents();
>   for ( int i = 0; i < components.length; i++ ) {
>     if ( components[i] instanceof JTextField ) {
>       ((JTextField)components[i]).setText(...);
>     }
>   }
>
> > how do i get the components name? its not in the property string.
>
> I don't know what you mean by it not being in the "property string."
> Furthermore, unless you set the component's name when instantiating
> it, it will have no name.  That is, you have to explicity  write:
>
>   JTextField newTF = new JTextField();
>   newTF.setName("tf001");
>
> in order to name a component.  The name you give a variable
> is not the same as the component's name.
>
> Following the approach outlined above to access the components
> nested in a panel, you would write (assuming you did name the
> components when dynamically adding them):
>
>   String name = "";
>   Component [] components = myPanel.getComponents();
>   for ( int i = 0; i < components.length; i++ ) {
>     if ( components[i] instanceof JTextField ) {
>       name = components[i]).getName();
>
>       if ( name.equals("tf001") )
>         ; // do something
>       else if ( name.equals(...) )
>         ; // and so on
>     }
>   }
>
>
> Paul Furbacher (TeamB)