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package com.numdata.oss.web;

import java.util.*;

import org.jetbrains.annotations.*;

/**
 * This interface describes a {@code HTMLTable} factory. It builds {@code
 * HTMLTable }objects.
 *
 * @author Peter S. Heijnen
 * @see HTMLTable
 */
public interface HTMLTableFactory
{
	/**
	 * Create a HTML table without title or column names, but the specified
	 * number of columns for its content.
	 *
	 * @param columnCount Number of columns.
	 *
	 * @return Table generator instance (HTMLTable).
	 */
	HTMLTable createTable( final int columnCount );

	/**
	 * Create a HTML table with the specified title and number of columns for
	 * its content.
	 *
	 * @param title       Table title.
	 * @param columnCount Number of columns.
	 *
	 * @return Table generator instance (HTMLTable).
	 */
	HTMLTable createTable( @Nullable final String title, final int columnCount );

	/**
	 * Create a HTML table with the specified column names. The content has the
	 * same number of columns as there are column names.
	 *
	 * @param columnNames Name for each column.
	 *
	 * @return Table generator instance (HTMLTable).
	 */
	HTMLTable createTable( @NotNull final String... columnNames );

	/**
	 * Create a HTML table with the specified column names. The content has the
	 * same number of columns as there are column names.
	 *
	 * @param columnNames Name for each column.
	 *
	 * @return Table generator instance (HTMLTable).
	 */
	HTMLTable createTable( @NotNull final List columnNames );
}