How do I convert an XML persistence to Java Bean?

In the previous example you can see how to convert a bean into an XML persistence. Now we’ll do the opposite, converting the XML back to a bean. For the BeanToXML class use in this example please refer to How do I convert a bean to XML persistence? example.

package org.kodejava.bean;

import java.beans.XMLDecoder;
import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.util.Objects;

public class XmlToBean {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        XMLDecoder decoder = new XMLDecoder(new BufferedInputStream(
                Objects.requireNonNull(XmlToBean.class.getResourceAsStream("/Bean.xml"))));

        // Reads the next object from the underlying input stream.
        BeanToXML bean = (BeanToXML) decoder.readObject();
        decoder.close();

        System.out.println("ID              = " + bean.getId());
        System.out.println("Item Name       = " + bean.getItemName());
        System.out.println("Item Colour     = " + bean.getItemColour());
        System.out.println("Item Quantities = " + bean.getItemQuantities());
    }
}

Here is our Bean.xml persistence file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<java version="17" class="java.beans.XMLDecoder">
    <object class="org.kodejava.bean.BeanToXML">
        <void property="id">
            <long>1</long>
        </void>
        <void property="itemColour">
            <string>Dark Red</string>
        </void>
        <void property="itemName">
            <string>T-Shirt</string>
        </void>
        <void property="itemQuantities">
            <int>100</int>
        </void>
    </object>
</java>

The result are:

ID              = 1
Item Name       = T-Shirt
Item Colour     = Dark Red
Item Quantities = 100

How do I convert a bean to XML persistence?

package org.kodejava.bean;

import java.beans.XMLEncoder;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;

public class BeanToXML {
    private Long id;
    private String itemName;
    private String itemColour;
    private Integer itemQuantities;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        BeanToXML bean = new BeanToXML();
        bean.setId(1L);
        bean.setItemName("T-Shirt");
        bean.setItemColour("Dark Red");
        bean.setItemQuantities(100);

        try {
            XMLEncoder encoder = new XMLEncoder(new BufferedOutputStream(
                    new FileOutputStream("Bean.xml")));

            // Write an XML representation of the specified object to the output.
            encoder.writeObject(bean);
            encoder.close();
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public Long getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(Long id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public String getItemName() {
        return itemName;
    }

    public void setItemName(String itemName) {
        this.itemName = itemName;
    }

    public String getItemColour() {
        return itemColour;
    }

    public void setItemColour(String itemColour) {
        this.itemColour = itemColour;
    }

    public Integer getItemQuantities() {
        return itemQuantities;
    }

    public void setItemQuantities(Integer itemQuantities) {
        this.itemQuantities = itemQuantities;
    }
}

The XML persistence will be like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<java version="17" class="java.beans.XMLDecoder">
 <object class="org.kodejava.bean.BeanToXML">
  <void property="id">
   <long>1</long>
  </void>
  <void property="itemColour">
   <string>Dark Red</string>
  </void>
  <void property="itemName">
   <string>T-Shirt</string>
  </void>
  <void property="itemQuantities">
   <int>100</int>
  </void>
 </object>
</java>

How do I create a multiline tool tips in Swing?

package org.kodejava.swing;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.WindowConstants;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;

public class MultilineToolTip {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Tool Tip Demo");
        frame.setSize(500, 500);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        JLabel label = new JLabel("Hover on me!");

        // Setting tool tip for our Swing JLabel component using an html
        // formatted string so that we can create a multi lines tool tip.
        label.setToolTipText(
            "<html>Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and<br/>" +
                "typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's <br/>" +
                "standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown<br/>" +
                "printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a<br/>" +
                "type specimen book.</html>");

        frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
        frame.getContentPane().add(label);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
}
Multiline Tool Tips

Multiline Tool Tips

How do I disable/enable application tool tips?

package org.kodejava.swing;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.ToolTipManager;
import javax.swing.WindowConstants;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.HeadlessException;

public class DisableToolTip extends JFrame {
    public DisableToolTip() throws HeadlessException {
        initComponent();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> new DisableToolTip().setVisible(true));
    }

    private void initComponent() {
        setSize(500, 500);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));

        JButton disable = new JButton("DISABLE");
        disable.setToolTipText("Application tool tip will be disabled.");
        disable.addActionListener(e -> {
            // Disable tool tip for the entire application
            ToolTipManager.sharedInstance().setEnabled(false);
        });

        JButton enable = new JButton("ENABLE");
        enable.setToolTipText("Application tool tip will be enabled.");
        enable.addActionListener(e -> {
            // Enable tool tip for the entire application
            ToolTipManager.sharedInstance().setEnabled(true);
        });

        getContentPane().add(enable);
        getContentPane().add(disable);
    }
}
Disable or Enable Tool Tips

Disable or Enable Tool Tips

How do I set a tool tip for Swing components?

package org.kodejava.swing;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.WindowConstants;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;

public class ToolTipExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Tool Tip Demo");
        frame.setSize(500, 500);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        JLabel label = new JLabel("Hover on me!");
        // Setting tool tip for our Swing JLabel component
        label.setToolTipText("My JLabel Tool Tip");

        frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
        frame.getContentPane().add(label);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
}
Swing's Tool Tip Demo

Swing’s Tool Tip Demo