Define styles used for a custom widget

[fridi]

I have subclasses a clabel and I have implemented a special behaviour that represents something like a button with the radio style.
For my widget, I would like the SWT Designer to offer me my RADIO style.
Different widgets support different styles, but where is point to define those styles so that the designer lists the styles?
thx in advance,
Fridi

[Eric Clayberg]

Different widgets support different styles, but where is point to define those styles so that the designer lists the styles?

At the moment, that info is hard coded into the product because there is no Javabean spec to define that type of info.

We are working on an XML-based extension API that will allow custom SWT component providers to supply this info. For example...

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<component xmlns="http://www.instantiations.com/D2/WBPComponent">
   <description>Instances of this class are selectable user interface objects that allow the user to enter
      and modify date or time values.</description>
   <!-- CREATION -->
   <creation>
      <source><![CDATA[new org.eclipse.swt.widgets.DateTime(%parent%, org.eclipse.swt.SWT.BORDER)]]></source>
   </creation>
   <!-- CONSTRUCTORS -->
   <constructors>
      <constructor>
         <parameter type="org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite" parent="true"/>
         <parameter type="int" defaultSource="org.eclipse.swt.SWT.NONE">
            <editor id="style">
               <parameter name="class">org.eclipse.swt.SWT</parameter>
               <parameter name="set">BORDER</parameter>
               <parameter name="select0">type DATE DATE TIME CALENDAR</parameter>
               <parameter name="select1">format MEDIUM MEDIUM SHORT LONG</parameter>
            </editor>
         </parameter>
      </constructor>
   </constructors>
   <!-- PROPERTIES -->
   <properties-advanced names="year month day hours minutes seconds"/>
   <!-- PARAMETERS -->
   <parameters>
      <parameter name="layout.has">false</parameter>
   </parameters>
</component>