001 /* 002 * Created on Oct 21, 2008 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with 005 * 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 is distributed on 010 * an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 011 * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. 012 * 013 * Copyright @2008-2010 the original author or authors. 014 */ 015 package org.fest.swing.driver; 016 017 import java.awt.Component; 018 019 import org.fest.swing.annotation.RunsInCurrentThread; 020 021 /** 022 * Understands reading the value of a <code>{@link Component}</code> that used as a cell renderer. 023 * <p> 024 * <b>Note:</b> methods in this interface are <b>not</b> guaranteed to be executed in the event dispatch thread (EDT.) 025 * Clients are responsible for invoking them in the EDT. 026 * </p> 027 * 028 * @author Alex Ruiz 029 */ 030 @RunsInCurrentThread 031 public interface CellRendererReader { 032 033 /** 034 * Reads the value in the given cell renderer component, or returns <code>null</code> if the component is not 035 * recognized by this reader. 036 * <p> 037 * <b>Note:</b> Implementations of this method <b>may not</b> guaranteed to be executed in the event dispatch thread 038 * (EDT.) Clients are responsible for invoking this method in the EDT. 039 * </p> 040 * @param c the given cell renderer component. 041 * @return the value of the given <code>Component</code>, or <code>null</code> if the renderer belongs to an unknown 042 * component type. 043 */ 044 String valueFrom(Component c); 045 }