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Set of interfaces used by other SKB projects.

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/* Copyright 2016 Sven van der Meer 
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 * 
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package de.vandermeer.skb.interfaces.render;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;

import de.vandermeer.skb.interfaces.categories.CategoryHas;

/**
 * Interface for objects that do provide a text representation.
 *
 * @author     Sven van der Meer <[email protected]>
 * @version    v0.0.1 build 170404 (04-Apr-17) for Java 1.8
 * @since      v0.0.1
 */
public interface HasText extends CategoryHas {

	/**
	 * Returns text representation of an object.
	 * @return text, should not be blank
	 */
	String getText();

	/**
	 * Creates a new simple text object.
	 * @param text input text, cannot be blank
	 * @return new simple text object
	 * @throws NullPointerException if `text` was null
	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if `text` was blank
	 */
	static HasText create(final String text){
		Validate.notBlank(text);
		return new HasText() {
			@Override
			public String getText() {
				return text;
			}
		};
	}
}