ColumnAdapter.java

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package org.eclipse.persistence.tools.workbench.uitools.app.swing;

import org.eclipse.persistence.tools.workbench.uitools.app.PropertyValueModel;


/**
 * This adapter is used by the table model adapter to
 * convert a model object into the models used for each of
 * the cells for the object's corresponding row in the table.
 */
public interface ColumnAdapter {
    /**
     * Return the number of columns in the table.
     * Typically this is static.
     */
    int getColumnCount();

    /**
     * Return the name of the specified column.
     */
    String getColumnName(int index);

    /**
     * Return the class of the specified column.
     */
    Class getColumnClass(int index);

    /**
     * Return whether the specified column is editable.
     * Typically this is the same for every row.
     */
    boolean isColumnEditable(int index);

    /**
     * Return the cell models for the specified subject
     * that corresponds to a single row in the table.
     */
    PropertyValueModel[] cellModels(Object subject);

}