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The JGoodies Binding library connects object properties to Swing user interface components. And it helps you represent the state and behavior of a presentation independently of the GUI components used in the interface.

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package com.jgoodies.binding.binder;

import javax.swing.JComboBox;



/**
 * Describes a binding builder that holds a ComboBoxModel
 * that can be bound to combo boxes.

* * Examples: *

 * binder.bind(countryComboBoxModel).to(countryCombo);
 * binder.bind(countryComboBoxModel).to(countryFilterCombo, "(None)");
 * 
* * @author Karsten Lentzsch * @version $Revision: 1.2 $ * * @since 2.7 */ public interface ComboBoxBindingBuilder { /** * Binds this builder's ComboBoxModel to the given combo box.

* * Example:
* binder.bind(countryComboBoxModel).to(countryCombo); * * @param comboBox the combo box where the combo box model is set * as both data and selection model. * * @throws NullPointerException if {@code comboBox} is {@code null} */ void to(JComboBox comboBox); /** * Binds this builder's ComboBoxModel to the given combo box * where {@code null} values are mapped to a special null element * that is displayed using the given {@code nullElementText}.

* * Note that the Microsoft User Experience Guide (UX Guide) recommends * to enclose meta-options in parentheses, e.g. "(None)".

* * Example:
* binder.bind(countryComboBoxModel).to(countryCombo, "(None)"); * * @param comboBox the combo box where the combo box model is set * as both data and selection model. * @param nullElementText the text that represents the {@code null} value * in the combo box * * @throws NullPointerException * if {@code comboBox} or {@code nullElementText} is {@code null} * @throws IllegalArgumentException * if {@code nullElementText} is empty or whitespace */ void to(JComboBox comboBox, String nullElementText); }





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