/**************************************************************************
/* Interface for a GUI-component for presentation of search-results.
/*
/* Copyright (c) 2003-2004 by Bernhard Bablok (mail@bablokb.de)
/*
/* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
/* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
/* by  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License or
/* (at your option) any later version.
/*
/* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
/* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
/* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
/* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
/*
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/* the Free Software Foundation Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
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/**************************************************************************/

package de.bablokb.luala.lib.gui;

import javax.swing.*;
import de.bablokb.luala.lib.event.*;

/**
   Interface for a GUI-component for presentation of search-results.

   @version $Revision: 1.4 $
   @author  $Author: bablokb $
*/

public interface ResultView {

  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

  /**
     Return the GUI.

     @return the GUI-component with e.g. the output area
  */

  public JComponent getGUI();

  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

  /**
     Add a {@link ShowDocumentEventListener}.

     @param sdel the ShowDocumentEventListener to add
  */

  public void addShowDocumentEventListener(ShowDocumentEventListener sdel);

  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

  /**
     Set the data (e.g. text) of the component. Not type-safe :-(. Concrete
     implementations should cast the argument to the needed type.

     @param data The result-data
  */

  public void setData(Object data);
}