UIComponentFactory.java

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 *  Copyright 2001-2013 Stephen Colebourne
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package org.joda.beans.ui.form;

/**
 * A factory allowing the real UI component to be created.
 * For example, this might return a Swing-based factory.
 */
public abstract class UIComponentFactory {

    /**
     * Creates an instance.
     */
    protected UIComponentFactory() {
    }

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Creates the UI component.
     * 
     * @param <T>  the UI component type
     * @param metaComponent  the meta-component, not null
     * @return the UI component, not null
     */
    public abstract <T> UIComponent<T> createComponent(MetaUIComponent metaComponent);

}