/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2002-2006 Innoopract Informationssysteme GmbH.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* Innoopract Informationssysteme GmbH - initial API and implementation
******************************************************************************/
package com.w4t;
import java.text.Format;
/**
* <p>
* Classes implementing this interface represent a user-readable text, like
* {@link org.eclipse.rwt.WebLabel <code>WebLabel</code>}.
* </p>
* @see org.eclipse.rwt.IInputValueHolder
*/
public interface IValueHolder {
/**
* <p>Sets the text that should be displayed.</p>
* @param value the new value. A <code>null</code> argument will be considered
* as an empty string ("").
*/
void setValue( final String value );
/**
* <p>
* Returns the value.
* </p>
*/
String getValue();
/**
* @deprecated
*/
// TODO [rh] JavaDoc tell why deprecated
void setFormatter( Format formatter );
/**
* @deprecated
*/
// TODO [rh] JavaDoc tell why deprecated
Format getFormatter();
}