1 /*
2 * Copyright (c) 2003-2008 by Cosylab d. d.
3 *
4 * This file is part of CosyBeans.
5 *
6 * CosyBeans is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
9 * (at your option) any later version.
10 *
11 * CosyBeans is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14 * GNU General Public License for more details.
15 *
16 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 * along with CosyBeans. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
18 */
19
20 package com.cosylab.gui.displayers;
21
22 /**
23 * A specialization of the <code>Displayer</code> interface for
24 * <code>String</code> Java type. The same adapter can be used to display
25 * <code>Object</code> as well, via the <code>toString()</code> method.
26 *
27 * @author <a href="mailto:igor.kriznar@cosylab.com">Igor Kriznar</a>
28 * @version $id$
29 *
30 */
31 public interface StringDisplayer extends Displayer, StringConsumer
32 {
33 /**
34 * Gets the value displayed by the displayer. This method can be invoked by
35 * any object and will probably most often be invoked by the GUI rendition
36 * code.
37 *
38 * @return String currently displayed value
39 */
40 public String getValue();
41
42 /**
43 * Sets the value displayed by the displayer. This method may be invoked
44 * only by the adapter delivering a new value from the modeling layer.
45 *
46 * @param value new value to be displayed
47 */
48 void setValue(String value);
49 }
50
51 /* __oOo__ */