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package com.holonplatform.vaadin7.components;

import java.io.Serializable;

import com.vaadin.ui.Component;

/**
 * Represents an object which can contain a value and provides its UI {@link Component} representation.
 * 
 * @param  Value type
 * 
 * @since 5.0.0
 */
public interface ValueComponent extends Serializable {

	/**
	 * Gets the current value of this value component.
	 * @return the current value
	 */
	V getValue();

	/**
	 * Get the UI {@link Component} which represents this value component.
	 * @return the UI component
	 */
	Component getComponent();

}