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package com.holonplatform.vaadin7.components;

import com.holonplatform.vaadin7.components.builders.ViewComponentBuilder;
import com.holonplatform.vaadin7.internal.components.builders.DefaultViewComponentBuilder;
import com.vaadin.ui.Component;

/**
 * A {@link ValueHolder} {@link Component} to display a value in UI.
 * 
 * @param  Value type
 *
 * @since 5.0.0
 */
public interface ViewComponent extends ValueHolder, ValueComponent, Component {

	/**
	 * Gets a builder to create {@link ViewComponent} instances.
	 * @param  Value type
	 * @param valueType Value type handled by the ViewComponent
	 * @return ViewComponent instance
	 */
	static  ViewComponentBuilder builder(Class valueType) {
		return new DefaultViewComponentBuilder<>(valueType);
	}

}