001 /* 002 * Created on Dec 22, 2007 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except 005 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 006 * 007 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008 * 009 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License 010 * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express 011 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under 012 * the License. 013 * 014 * Copyright @2007-2010 the original author or authors. 015 */ 016 package org.fest.swing.format; 017 018 import java.awt.Component; 019 020 /** 021 * Understands a formatter that returns a <code>String</code> representation of a given <code>{@link Component}</code>. 022 * 023 * @author Alex Ruiz 024 */ 025 public interface ComponentFormatter { 026 027 /** 028 * Returns a <code>String</code> representation of the given <code>{@link Component}</code>. 029 * @param c the given <code>Component</code>. 030 * @return a <code>String</code> representation of the given <code>Component</code>. 031 */ 032 String format(Component c); 033 034 /** 035 * Returns the type of <code>{@link Component}</code> this formatter supports. 036 * @return the type of <code>Component</code> this formatter supports. 037 */ 038 Class<? extends Component> targetType(); 039 }