/*
* File : PluginPeerItemFactory.java
* Created : 29 nov. 2003
* By : Olivier
*
* Azureus - a Java Bittorrent client
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details ( see the LICENSE file ).
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
package org.gudy.azureus2.plugins.ui.tables.peers;
/**
*
* This interface represents the factory responsible of creating PluginPeerItem.<br>
* It must also define some methods giving general information about the item.
*
* @author Olivier
*
* @deprecated Use {@link org.gudy.azureus2.plugins.ui.tables}
*/
public interface PluginPeerItemFactory {
/**
* The String type, used for ordering.
*/
public static final String TYPE_STRING = "S";
/**
* The int type, used for ordering.
*/
public static final String TYPE_INT = "I";
/**
* The logical name of the column.<br>
* Note that spaces in the name should be avoid.<br>
* In order to the plugin to display correctly the column name, a key in the
* Plugin language file will need to contain PeersView.<getName() result>=The column name.<br>
* @return the column name (identification)
*/
public String getName();
/**
* The type of the contained data.<br>
* Current supported types are int / long (TYPE_INTEGER) and
* String TYPE_STRING.
* @return TYPE_STRING or TYPE_INT
*/
public String getType();
/**
* The 'column' default size
* @return the size in pixels
*/
public int getDefaultSize();
/**
* This method is called whenever a new line is created.
* @param item the PeerTableItem that is being created
* @return the PluginPeerItem that will have to deal with it
*/
public PluginPeerItem getInstance(PeerTableItem item);
}