JComponentFactory.java

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package net.jini.lookup.ui.factory;

import javax.swing.JComponent;

/**
 * UI factory for a Swing <CODE>JComponent</CODE>.
 *
 * <P>If the UI generated by the method declared in this interface implements
 * <CODE>javax.accessibility.Accessible</CODE> and supports the Java Accessibility
 * API, an <CODE>AccessibleUI</CODE> attribute
 * should be placed in the <CODE>UIDescriptor</CODE>'s <CODE>attributes</CODE> set.
 *
 * @author Bill Venners
 */
public interface JComponentFactory extends java.io.Serializable {

    /**
     * Convenience constant to use in the <CODE>toolkit</CODE>
     * field of <CODE>UIDescriptor</CODE>s that contain a
     * <CODE>JComponentFactory</CODE>.
     * The value of this constant is <CODE>"javax.swing"</CODE>.
     */
    String TOOLKIT = "javax.swing";

    /**
     * Convenience constant to use in the <CODE>UIFactoryTypes</CODE>
     * set in the <CODE>attributes</CODE> set of <CODE>UIDescriptor</CODE>s
     * that contain a <CODE>JComponentFactory</CODE>.
     * The value of this constant is <CODE>"net.jini.lookup.ui.factory.JComponentFactory"</CODE>.
     */
    String TYPE_NAME = "net.jini.lookup.ui.factory.JComponentFactory";

    /**
     * Returns a <CODE>JComponent</CODE>.
     *
     * @param roleObject an object defined by the semantics of the UI role interface
     * implemented by the returned UI object. (UI role is indicated in the
     * <code>role</code> field of <code>UIDescriptor</code>s.)
     *
     * @return a <code>JComponent</code> UI
     */
    JComponent getJComponent(Object roleObject);
}