Sample Layer Property Panel Implementation for an existing layer

TRIANGLEMESHLAYERDISPLAYEDITOR.JAVA

package com.interactive.intviewer.tmesh.editor;
import com.interactive.intviewer.view2d.util.HelpCtxUtils;
import com.interactive.intviewerapi.IVisual;
import com.interactive.intviewerapi.editors.IObjectEditorNode;
import com.interactive.intviewerapi.editors.VisualPropertyEditor;
import com.interactive.intviewerapi.layers.ILayer2D;
import com.interactive.intviewerapi.layers.NamedProps;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import org.netbeans.validation.api.ui.ValidationPanel;
import org.openide.util.HelpCtx;
public class TriangleMeshLayerDisplayEditor extends VisualPropertyEditor {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2463020299625836800L;
    private TriangleMeshLayerDisplayPanel panel;
    private ValidationPanel validationPanel;
    public TriangleMeshLayerDisplayEditor() {
    }
    @Override
    public VisualPropertyEditor getInstance(IVisual visual) {
        return new TriangleMeshLayerDisplayEditor((ILayer2D) visual);
    }
    public TriangleMeshLayerDisplayEditor(ILayer2D layer) {
        super(layer);
    }
    @Override
    public boolean isFolder() {
        return false;
    }
    @Override
    public IObjectEditorNode[] getChildren() {
        return null;
    }
    @Override
    public JPanel getPanel() {
        if (this.panel == null) {
            this.validationPanel = new ValidationPanel();
            this.panel = new TriangleMeshLayerDisplayPanel((ILayer2D) this.getVisual());
            this.panel.setUp(this.getVisual().getProperties());
            this.panel.setUpValidationGroup(this.validationPanel.getValidationGroup());
            this.validationPanel.setInnerComponent(this.panel);
        }
        return this.validationPanel;
    }
    @Override
    public HelpCtx getHelpCtx() {
        return new HelpCtx(HelpCtxUtils.PROPERTY_DISPLAY_PARAMETERS);
    }
    @Override
    public String getDisplayName() {
        return "Display Parameters";
    }
    @Override
    public void apply() {
        NamedProps props = new NamedProps();
        panel.getProps(props);
        this.getVisual().setProperties(props, this);
    }
}

TRIANGLEMESHLAYERDISPLAYPANEL.JAVA

package com.interactive.intviewer.tmesh.editor;
import com.interactive.intviewer.util.AttributesUtil;
import com.interactive.intviewer.util.gui.LineProperties;
import com.interactive.intviewerapi.layers.ILayer2D;
import com.interactive.intviewerapi.layers.NamedProps;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.TitledBorder;
import org.netbeans.validation.api.builtin.Validators;
import org.netbeans.validation.api.ui.ValidationGroup;
public class TriangleMeshLayerDisplayPanel extends JPanel {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2463020299625836800L;
    private JTextField _nameField;
    private LineAttributePanel _lineEditor;
    public TriangleMeshLayerDisplayPanel(ILayer2D layer) {
        super();
        buildGUI();
    }
    private void buildGUI() {
        _nameField = new JTextField("");
        _lineEditor = new LineAttributePanel(false);
        JPanel layerPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1, 2));
        layerPanel.setBorder(new TitledBorder("Layer"));
        layerPanel.add(new JLabel("    Layer Name"));
        layerPanel.add(_nameField);
        Box box = new Box(BoxLayout.Y_AXIS);
        box.add(Box.createVerticalStrut(10));
        box.add(layerPanel);
        box.add(Box.createVerticalStrut(10));
        box.add(_lineEditor);
        box.add(Box.createVerticalStrut(10));
        setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10, 25, 10, 25));
        add(box, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    }
    public void setUp(NamedProps lp) {
        _nameField.setText(lp.getProperty(ILayer2D.DISPLAY_NAME));
        _lineEditor.setLineStyle(AttributesUtil.getLineStyleFromName(lp.getProperty(LineProperties.LINE_STYLE)));
        _lineEditor.setLineColor(lp.getProperty(LineProperties.LINE_COLOR));
        _lineEditor.setLineWidth(lp.getProperty(LineProperties.LINE_WIDTH));
    }
    public void getProps(NamedProps lp) {
        lp.putProperty(ILayer2D.DISPLAY_NAME, _nameField.getText());
        lp.putProperty(LineProperties.LINE_STYLE, AttributesUtil.getLineStyleName(_lineEditor.getLineStyle()));
        lp.putProperty(LineProperties.LINE_COLOR, _lineEditor.getLineColor());
        lp.putProperty(LineProperties.LINE_WIDTH, _lineEditor.getLineWidth());
    }
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public void setUpValidationGroup(ValidationGroup validationGroup) {
        _nameField.setName("Layer Name");
        validationGroup.add(_nameField, Validators.REQUIRE_NON_EMPTY_STRING);
    }
}

LAYER.XML

    <folder name="VisualPropertyEditors">
        <folder name="XSectionTriangleMeshLayer">
            <file name="com-interactive-intviewer-tmesh-editor-TriangleMeshLayerDisplayEditor.instance">
                <attr name="position" intvalue="100"/>
            </file>
        </folder>
    </folder>

For XSection seismic layers, use "ViewerSeismicLayer" as folder name.