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package org.uncommons.watchmaker.swing;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import org.uncommons.watchmaker.framework.interactive.Renderer;
/**
* A default {@link Renderer} implementation that can display any object
* as a Swing component. It simply converts the object into its String
* representation (via the {@link Object#toString()} method) and shows
* that in a text area.
* @author Daniel Dyer
*/
public class ObjectSwingRenderer implements Renderer
{
/**
* Calls {@link Object#toString()} on the specified entity and creates
* a {@link JTextArea} containing that text.
* @param entity The evolved entity to render.
* @return A text area containing the string representation of the entity.
*/
public JComponent render(Object entity)
{
JTextArea text = new JTextArea(entity.toString());
text.setEditable(false);
text.setBackground(null);
text.setLineWrap(true);
text.setWrapStyleWord(true);
return text;
}
}