Renderable.java

/**
 * Renderable classes can be "rendered", either by a GUI or a text console.
 * See the Swing Tutorial on JTable for more info about cell rendering.
 * @author J. Dalbey
 */
public interface Renderable
{
    /**
     * Return a printable representation of this item that could be used
     * in a console user interface.  If this item is empty, this method
     * must return an appropriate number of blanks.
     * @return String representing this item.
     */
    String getText();
    /**
     * Return a String representing a graphical depiction of this item that could be used
     * in a Graphical user interface.  Most often this string is the name of a file
     * containing the image to be associated with an item.
     * @return String representing this item.
     */
    String toString();
}