StringValue (SwingX 1.6.2-SNAPSHOT API)

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRenderer, DefaultListRenderer, DefaultTableRenderer, DefaultTreeRenderer, FormatStringValue, LocalizableStringValue, MappedValue, StringValues.StringValueUIResource
```
public interface StringValue
extends Serializable
```
A simple converter to return a String representation of an object. This class is intended to be the "small coin" to configure/format textual cell content of concrete subclasses of ComponentProvider.
F.i. to show a Contributor cell object as "Busywoman, Herta" implement a custom StringValue and use it in a text rendering provider.
```
 StringValue stringValue = new StringValue() {
 
     public String getString(Object value) {
         if (!(value instanceof Contributor))
             return TO_STRING.getString(value);
         Contributor contributor = (Contributor) value;
         return contributor.lastName + ", " + contributor.firstName;
     }
 
 };
 
 ComponentProvider provider = new LabelProvider(stringValue);
 table.setDefaultRenderer(Contributor.class, 
   new DefaultTableRenderer(provider));
 
```
PENDING: use a full-fledged Format instead? Would impose a higher burden onto implementors but could be re-used in editors.
Author:

Jeanette Winzenburg

See Also:

ComponentProvider, LabelProvider, DefaultTableRenderer, DefaultListRenderer, DefaultTreeRenderer

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  String getString(Object value)
  Returns a string representation of the given value.

- Method Detail
  - getString
```
String getString(Object value)
```
    Returns a string representation of the given value.
    PENDING JW: forgot - why not null return guaranteed?
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the object to present as a string
    
    Returns:
    
    a string representation of the given value, guaranteed to be not null