001    /*
002     * Copyright 2002-2004 the original author or authors.
003     * 
004     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
005     * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
006     * the License at
007     * 
008     * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009     * 
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
012     * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
013     * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
014     * the License.
015     */
016    package org.springframework.richclient.factory;
017    
018    import javax.swing.JTable;
019    import javax.swing.table.TableModel;
020    
021    /**
022     * A simple interface for creating JTable object, this allows the developer to create an
023     * application specific table factory where, say, each tables have a set of renderers
024     * installed, are sortable etc.
025     * 
026     * @author Benoit Xhenseval
027     * 
028     */
029    public interface TableFactory {
030    
031        /**
032         * Construct a JTable with a default model
033         * @return new table instance
034         */
035        public JTable createTable();
036    
037        /**
038         * Construct a JTable with the specified table model
039         * @param model TableModel to install into the new table
040         * @return new table instance
041         */
042        public JTable createTable(TableModel model);
043    }