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19: package org.netbeans.modules.soa.ui.form;
20:
21: /**
22: * Describes important stages of the life cycle of a Chooser dialog.
23: *
24: * The Generics paramether T represents the type of value which is implied to be chosen.
25: *
26: * @author nk160297
27: */
28: public interface ChooserLifeCycle<T> extends FormLifeCycle {
29:
30: /**
31: * Sets the value which has to be shown in the chooser as a selection.
32: * <p>
33: * Optionally, the value can be passed to a chooser in a constructor.
34: * In other case, the selection of current value isn't necessary at all.
35: * So the call of this method isn't obligatory.
36: */
37: void setSelectedValue(T newValue);
38:
39: /**
40: * Returns the value which is the current selection in the chooser.
41: * This method is intended to be used after the chooser is closed.
42: * It also can be used to do validation for enabling/disabling of the Ok button.
43: */
44: T getSelectedValue();
45: }
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