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package org.hdesktop.swingx.sort;
import org.hdesktop.swingx.renderer.StringValue;
/**
* Read-only repository for StringValues. This is meant to be shared by collection views
* (in rendering a cell) and RowSorters/SortControllers/ComponentAdapters. <p>
*
* Note: this is work-in-progress, related to re-enable WYSIWYM in sorting/filtering.
* It's location and api is expected to change.
*
* @author Jeanette Winzenburg
*/
public interface StringValueProvider {
/**
* Returns a StringValue to use for conversion of the cell content at row and column.
* The converter is guaranteed to be not null, so implemenations are responsible for
* a reasonable fall-back value always, f.i. if they have no converters registered of
* if any or both of the row/column coordinate is "invalid" (f.i. -1) <p>
*
* @param row the row of the cell in model coordinates
* @param column the column of the cell in model coordinates
*
* @return a StringValue to use for conversion, guaranteed to not null.
*/
StringValue getStringValue(int row, int column);
}