Need help choosing a class name for CSS public API

[Jim Weaver]

I was going to suggest StyleGlue

Regards,
Jim Weaver

On 12/10/12 2:41 PM, Tom Eugelink wrote:
> Ahhh, yes, in light of the recent layout discussions, how about 
> CSSGlue? Or CSSPropertyGlue? Since it glues stuff together. :-)
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> On 2012-12-10 19:25, Randahl Fink Isaksen wrote:
>> Alternatively, "StyleBridge". But that name will probably open up a 
>> Java patterns discussion :-)
>>
>> Randahl
>>
>>
>> On Dec 10, 2012, at 19:23 , Randahl Fink Isaksen <randahl at rockit.dk> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Top of my mind: StyleMedium
>>>
>>> – since it is the medium through which the style is communicated to 
>>> the node.
>>>
>>> Randahl
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 10, 2012, at 19:18 , David Grieve <david.grieve at oracle.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In the CSS public API proposal 
>>>> (https://wikis.oracle.com/display/OpenJDK/CSS+API+to+support+custom+UI+Controls), 
>>>> I have a class name that is rather cumbersome and I'm trying to 
>>>> find another name. The class name in the proposal is 
>>>> StyleablePropertyMetaData and, to some extent, that is what the 
>>>> class is since this is where the node's property and the css 
>>>> property come together. The meta-data for Node's opacityProperty is 
>>>> shown below. As you can see, there is some information about the 
>>>> css property name (-fx-opacity), the type of value (a <size>) and 
>>>> the initial property value. There are also two methods that are 
>>>> used by CSS so that CSS can set the property value.
>>>>
>>>> So, I'm looking for a name for this thing thinking that there must 
>>>> be something better than StyleablePropertyMetaData. I was thinking 
>>>> StyleAgent since this class takes an active role in interacting 
>>>> with the node property. But "agent" has the connotation of 
>>>> something running in the background.  Maybe StyleLiaison?
>>>>
>>>>        private static final StyleablePropertyMetaData <Node,Number> 
>>>> OPACITY =
>>>>            new StyleablePropertyMetaData <Node,Number>("-fx-opacity",
>>>>                SizeConverter.getInstance(), 1.0) {
>>>>
>>>>                @Override
>>>>                public boolean isSettable(Node node) {
>>>>                    return node.opacity == null || 
>>>> !node.opacity.isBound();
>>>>                }
>>>>
>>>>                @Override
>>>>                public WritableValue<Number> getWritableValue(Node 
>>>> node) {
>>>>                    return node.opacityProperty();
>>>>                }
>>>>            };
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone have a suggestion?
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