The Pluggable Look and Feel Architecture - The Definitive Guide to Java Swing - page 738

Table 20-3. UIManager UIDefaults Getter Methods

Method Name Return Type

getObject(Object key) Object

getBorder(Object key) Border

getColor(Object key) Color

getDimension(Object key) Dimension

getFont(Object key) Font

getIcon(Object key) Icon

getInsets(Object key) Insets

getInt(Object key) int

getString(Object key) String

getUI(JComponent component) ComponentUI

Each of these methods, except getUI() , has a second version that accepts a Locale argument
for localization support.
In addition to the defaults property, which is used when you call the different put() and
get() methods, the UIManager has eight class-level properties. These are listed in Table 20-4,
which includes two entries for lookAndFeel , with two different setter methods.

Table 20-4. UIManager Class Properties

Property Name Data Type Access

auxiliaryLookAndFeels LookAndFeel[ ] Read-only

crossPlatformLookAndFeelClassName String

Read-only

defaults UIDefaults Read-only

installedLookAndFeels UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo[ ] Read-write

lookAndFeel LookAndFeel Read-write

lookAndFeel String Write-only

lookAndFeelDefaults UIDefaults Read-only

propertyChangeListeners PropertyChangeListener[ ] Read-only

systemLookAndFeelClassName String

Read-only

The systemLookAndFeelClassName property allows you to determine what the specific look and
feel class name is for the user's operating system. The crossPlatformLookAndFeelClassName prop-
erty enables you to find out what class name, by default, represents the cross-platform look and
feel: javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel . Initially, the lookAndFeelDefaults property and