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    Copyright (C) 2006 The Lobo Project. Copyright (C) 2014 - 2017 Lobo Evolution

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    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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 */
package org.lobobrowser.primary.gui;

import javax.swing.JComponent;

/**
 * The Class AbstractItemEditor.
 *
 * @param <T>
 *            the generic type
 */
public abstract class AbstractItemEditor<T> extends JComponent {

	/** The Constant serialVersionUID. */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	/**
	 * Sets the item.
	 *
	 * @param item
	 *            the new item
	 */
	public abstract void setItem(T item);

	/**
	 * Gets the item.
	 *
	 * @return the item
	 */
	public abstract T getItem();

	/**
	 * Validate item.
	 *
	 * @throws ValidationException
	 *             the validation exception
	 */
	public abstract void validateItem() throws ValidationException;
}