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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.Action;
import javax.swing.ComboBoxModel;
import javax.swing.ListModel;
import javax.swing.ListSelectionModel;
import com.jgoodies.binding.list.SelectionInList;
import com.jgoodies.binding.value.ValueModel;
/**
* Describes a binder that can build action bindings from Actions,
* data bindings from ValueModels, and list bindings from
* ListModel/ListSelectionModel or a SelectionInList.
*
* @author Karsten Lentzsch
* @version $Revision: 1.1 $
*
* @since 2.3
*/
public interface ObjectBinder {
/**
* Creates and returns a binding builder that manages an Action that
* can be operated on and that can be bound to a button or text field.
*
* Example:
*
* binder.bind(editAction).to(editButton);
*
*
* @param action the Action to be bound
*
* @return the action binding builder that holds the Action
*
* @throws NullPointerException if {@code action} if {@code null}
*/
ActionBindingBuilder bind(Action action);
/**
* Creates and returns a binding builder for the given combo box model
* that can be bound to a combo box.
*
* Example:
*
* binder.bind(choicesComboBoxModel).to(choicesComboBox);
*
*
* @param comboBoxModel provides the data and selection
*
* @return the combo box binding builder that holds the data and selection model
*
* @throws NullPointerException if {@code comboBoxModel} is {@code null}
*
* @since 2.7
*/
ComboBoxBindingBuilder bind(ComboBoxModel comboBoxModel);
/**
* Creates and returns a binding builder for the given fixed data
* and selection model that can be bound to a list or table.
*
* Example:
*
* binder.bind(albums, albumSelectionModel).to(albumTable);
*
*
* @param data provides the data
* @param selectionModel the selection model
*
* @return the list binding builder that holds the data and selection model
*
* @throws NullPointerException if {@code data} or {@code selectionModel}
* is {@code null}
*
* @since 2.7
*/
ListBindingBuilder bind(Object[] data, ListSelectionModel selectionModel);
// /**
// * Creates and returns a binding builder for the given fixed data
// * and selection model that can be bound to a list or table.
// *
// * Example:
// *
// * binder.bind(albums, albumSelectionModel).to(albumTable);
// *
// *
// * @param dataModel provides the data
// * @param selectionModel the selection model
// *
// * @return the list binding builder that holds the data and selection model
// *
// * @throws NullPointerException if {@code data} or {@code selectionModel}
// * is {@code null}
// *
// * @since 2.7
// */
// ListBindingBuilder bind(List data, ListSelectionModel selectionModel);
/**
* Creates and returns a binding builder for the given ListModel
* and ListSelectionModel that can be bound to a list or table.
*
* Example:
*
* binder.bind(albumModel, albumSelectionModel).to(albumTable);
*
*
* @param dataModel provides the data
* @param selectionModel the selection model
*
* @return the binding builder that holds the data and selection model
*
* @throws NullPointerException if {@code dataModel} or {@code selectionModel}
* is {@code null}
*/
ListBindingBuilder bind(ListModel dataModel, ListSelectionModel selectionModel);
/**
* Creates and returns a binding builder that manages a SelectionInList
* that can be bound to a list, table, or combo box.
*
* Examples:
*
* binder.bind(albumSelectionInList).to(albumCombo);
* binder.bind(albumSelectionInList).to(albumTable);
*
*
* @param selectionInList provides both the data and selection
*
* @return the binding builder that holds the converted bean property
*
* @throws NullPointerException if {@code selectionInList} is {@code null}
*/
SelectionInListBindingBuilder bind(SelectionInList selectionInList);
/**
* Creates and returns a binding builder that manages a ValueModel
* that can be operated on and that can be bound to a component.
*
* Example:
* binder.bind(aValueModel).to(aTextField);
*
* @param valueModel the ValueModel to manage
*
* @return the binding builder that holds the ValueModel
*
* @throws NullPointerException if {@code valueModel} is {@code null}
*/
ValueModelBindingBuilder bind(ValueModel valueModel);
}