BaseField.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
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 * Contributors:
 *     Red Hat, Inc. - initial API and implementation
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package org.jboss.tools.common.ui.widget.field;

import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport;

import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control;

public abstract class BaseField {

	public static final String PROPERTY_NAME = "value"; //$NON-NLS-1$
	
	private PropertyChangeSupport pcs = new PropertyChangeSupport(this);
	
	public void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener) {
		pcs.addPropertyChangeListener(listener);
	}

	public void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener) {
		pcs.removePropertyChangeListener(listener);
	}
	
	public void firePropertyChange(Object oldValue, Object newValue) {
		pcs.firePropertyChange(PROPERTY_NAME, oldValue, newValue);
	}
	
	abstract public Control getControl();
}