Java tutorial
/* Definitive Guide to Swing for Java 2, Second Edition By John Zukowski ISBN: 1-893115-78-X Publisher: APress */ import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Component; import java.awt.Container; import java.awt.Font; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Polygon; import javax.swing.DefaultListCellRenderer; import javax.swing.Icon; import javax.swing.JComboBox; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JList; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.ListCellRenderer; public class ComplexRenderingSample { public static void main(String args[]) { Object elements[][] = { { new Font("Helvetica", Font.PLAIN, 20), Color.red, new DiamondIcon(Color.blue), "Help" }, { new Font("TimesRoman", Font.BOLD, 14), Color.blue, new DiamondIcon(Color.green), "Me" }, { new Font("Courier", Font.ITALIC, 18), Color.green, new DiamondIcon(Color.black), "I'm" }, { new Font("Helvetica", Font.BOLD | Font.ITALIC, 12), Color.gray, new DiamondIcon(Color.magenta), "Trapped" }, { new Font("TimesRoman", Font.PLAIN, 32), Color.pink, new DiamondIcon(Color.yellow), "Inside" }, { new Font("Courier", Font.BOLD, 16), Color.yellow, new DiamondIcon(Color.red), "This" }, { new Font("Helvetica", Font.ITALIC, 8), Color.darkGray, new DiamondIcon(Color.pink), "Computer" } }; JFrame frame = new JFrame("Complex Renderer"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); Container contentPane = frame.getContentPane(); JList jlist = new JList(elements); ListCellRenderer renderer = new ComplexCellRenderer(); jlist.setCellRenderer(renderer); JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(jlist); contentPane.add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER); JComboBox comboBox = new JComboBox(elements); comboBox.setRenderer(renderer); contentPane.add(comboBox, BorderLayout.NORTH); frame.setSize(300, 300); frame.setVisible(true); } } class DiamondIcon implements Icon { private Color color; private boolean selected; private int width; private int height; private Polygon poly; private static final int DEFAULT_WIDTH = 10; private static final int DEFAULT_HEIGHT = 10; public DiamondIcon(Color color) { this(color, true, DEFAULT_WIDTH, DEFAULT_HEIGHT); } public DiamondIcon(Color color, boolean selected) { this(color, selected, DEFAULT_WIDTH, DEFAULT_HEIGHT); } public DiamondIcon(Color color, boolean selected, int width, int height) { this.color = color; this.selected = selected; this.width = width; this.height = height; initPolygon(); } private void initPolygon() { poly = new Polygon(); int halfWidth = width / 2; int halfHeight = height / 2; poly.addPoint(0, halfHeight); poly.addPoint(halfWidth, 0); poly.addPoint(width, halfHeight); poly.addPoint(halfWidth, height); } public int getIconHeight() { return height; } public int getIconWidth() { return width; } public void paintIcon(Component c, Graphics g, int x, int y) { g.setColor(color); g.translate(x, y); if (selected) { g.fillPolygon(poly); } else { g.drawPolygon(poly); } g.translate(-x, -y); } } class ComplexCellRenderer implements ListCellRenderer { protected DefaultListCellRenderer defaultRenderer = new DefaultListCellRenderer(); public Component getListCellRendererComponent(JList list, Object value, int index, boolean isSelected, boolean cellHasFocus) { Font theFont = null; Color theForeground = null; Icon theIcon = null; String theText = null; JLabel renderer = (JLabel) defaultRenderer.getListCellRendererComponent(list, value, index, isSelected, cellHasFocus); if (value instanceof Object[]) { Object values[] = (Object[]) value; theFont = (Font) values[0]; theForeground = (Color) values[1]; theIcon = (Icon) values[2]; theText = (String) values[3]; } else { theFont = list.getFont(); theForeground = list.getForeground(); theText = ""; } if (!isSelected) { renderer.setForeground(theForeground); } if (theIcon != null) { renderer.setIcon(theIcon); } renderer.setText(theText); renderer.setFont(theFont); return renderer; } }