Class UnitConverter

java.lang.Object

com.codename1.ui.layouts.mig.UnitConverter

public abstract class UnitConverter
extends Object

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final int	UNABLE	Value to return if this converter can not handle the unit sent in as an argument to the convert method.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
UnitConverter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract int	convertToPixels(float value, String unit, boolean isHor, float refValue, ContainerWrapper parent, ComponentWrapper comp)	Converts value to pixels.

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

UNABLE

public static final int UNABLE

Value to return if this converter can not handle the unit sent in as an argument to the convert method.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

UnitConverter

public UnitConverter()

Method Details

convertToPixels

public abstract int convertToPixels(float value,
 String unit,
 boolean isHor,
 float refValue,
 ContainerWrapper parent,
 ComponentWrapper comp)

Converts value to pixels.

Parameters

• value: The value to be converted.

• unit: The unit of value. Never null and at least one character.

• refValue: @param refValue Some reference value that may of may not be used. If the unit is percent for instance this value is the value to take the percent from. Usually the size of the parent component in the appropriate dimension.

• isHor: If the value is horizontal (true) or vertical (false).

• parent: @param parent The parent of the target component that value is to be applied to. Might for instance be needed to get the screen that the component is on in a multi screen environment.

May be null in which case a "best guess" value should be returned.

• comp: The component, if applicable, or null if none.

Returns

The number of pixels if unit is handled by this converter, UnitConverter.UNABLE if not.