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Code Generation Properties

This category contains properties related to the Java code generator.

Component

Property Name	Description
Nested Class Name	The name of the generated nested Java class. See Nested Classes for details.
Variable Name	The variable name of the component used in the generated Java code. By default, it is equal to the component name.
Variable Modifiers	The modifiers of the variable generated for the component. Allowed modifiers: public, default, protected, private, static and transient. Default is private.
Use Local Variable	If true, the variable is declared as local in the initialization method. Otherwise, at class level. Default is false.
Gen. Getter Method	If true, generate a public getter method for the component. Default is false.
Variable Annotations	Annotations of component variable.
Type Parameters	Parameters of component type. E.g. MyTypedBean<String>.
Custom Create	If true, create component in createUIComponents() method. Useful if you want use component factories for or non-default constructors. JFormDesigner generates the createUIComponents() method, but no component instantiation code. It is your responsibility to add code to createUIComponents().
Custom Creation Code	Custom code for creation of the component.
Pre-Creation Code	Code included before creation of the component.
Post-Creation Code	Code included after creation of the component.
Pre-Initialization Code	Code included before initialization of the component.
Post-Initialization Code	Code included after initialization of the component.

"(form)" properties¶

Select the "(form)" node in the Structure view to modify special form properties:

Property Name	Description
Generate Java Source Code	If true, generate Java source code for the form. Defaults to "Generate Java source code" option in the Java Code Generator preferences.
Default Variable Modifiers	The default modifiers of the variables generated for components. Allowed modifiers: public, default, protected, private, static and transient. Default is private.
Default Use Local Variable	If true, the component variables are declared as local in the initialization method. Otherwise, at class level. Default is false.
Default Gen. Getter Method	If true, generate public getter methods for components. Default is false.
Default Event Handler Modifiers	The default modifiers used when generating event handler methods. Allowed modifiers: public, default, protected, private, final and static. Default is private.
Member Variable Prefix	Prefix used for component member variables. E.g. "m_".
Use 'this' for member variables	If enabled, the code generator inserts 'this.' before all member variables. E.g. this.nameLabel.setText("Name:");
I18n Initialization Method	If enabled, the code generator puts the code to initialize the localized texts into a method initComponentsI18n(). You can invoke this method from your code to switch the locale of a form at runtime.
I18n 'getBundle' Template	Template used by code generator for getting a resource bundle. Default is ResourceBundle.getBundle(${bundleName})
I18n 'getString' Template	Template used by code generator for getting a string from a resource bundle. Default is ${bundle}.getString(${key})
I18n 'translate' Template	Template used by code generator to translate a string into another locale (e.g. i18n.tr(${value}) for Gettext Commons library).
I18n Key Constants Class	The name of a class that contains constants for resource keys.
Binding Initialization Method	If enabled, the code generator puts the code to create bindings into a method initComponentBindings().
MigLayout: API Constraints	If enabled, then MigLayout API is used to create constraints. Otherwise, strings are used.