Property sheet handling in Java

Add property pages to property sheets of Java™ plug-ins. This allows you to build object names, display properties, share objects with third parties, and mix C++ and Java code in the same plug-in.

To use property pages, you must build the properties manager interface, which provides the following methods:

Initialize
Identifies the container object for the properties.
getPages
Construct and provide a vector of PanelManager objects.
CommitHandlers
Returns a vector of handlers to be called upon Commit.
CancelHandlers
Returns a vector of handlers to be called upon Cancel.

Then enable the properties menu by having the ListManager getAttributes method return ListManager.OBJECT_HASPROPERTIES.

Finally, create a registry entry that identifies the PopertiesManagerInterface. For example:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IBM.AS400.Network\AS/400 Network\*
\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\{1827A857-9C20-11d1-96C3-00062912C9B2}]
"JavaClass"="com.ibm.as400.opnav.TestPages.TestPropertiesManager"
"JavaClassType"="PropertiesManager"

Note: Multiple PropertiesManager implementations may register to provide property pages for a given object type. Do not assume that your entity is the only one supplying pages, or the order that the pages will be added.

For more information, see the Properties Manager example.