DMDirc-Plugins/ui_swing/src/main/java/com/dmdirc/addons/ui_swing/components/renderers/ToStringListCellRenderer.java

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package com.dmdirc.addons.ui_swing.components.renderers;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

import javax.swing.ListCellRenderer;

/**
 * Displays the text from the specified getter as the list cell. If the getter does not exist it
 * will fall back to the toString method.
 *
 * @param <E> the type of values this renderer can be used for
 */
public class ToStringListCellRenderer<E> extends MethodListCellRenderer<E> {

    /** Serial version UID. */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    /**
     * Creates a renderer.
     *
     * @param parentRenderer Parent renderer
     * @param type           Type of object to be rendered
     */
    public ToStringListCellRenderer(final ListCellRenderer<? super E> parentRenderer,
            final Class<? super E> type) {
        super(parentRenderer, ToStringListCellRenderer.getMethod(type));
    }

    private static <E> Method getMethod(final Class<? super E> type) {
        final Method readMethod;
        try {
            readMethod = type.getMethod("toString");
        } catch (NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException ex1) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to access toString method", ex1);
        }
        return readMethod;
    }

}