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package com.jgoodies.binding.list;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.ListModel;
/**
* Combines the {@link List} and {@link ListModel} interfaces.
* Implementations can be used to bind lists to list-based
* user interface components like <code>JList</code>, <code>JTable</code>
* and <code>JComboBox</code>.<p>
*
* The JGoodies Data Binding ships with two predefined implementations:
* <code>ArrayListModel</code> and <code>LinkedListModel</code>.<p>
*
* See also the class comment in {@link SelectionInList} that discusses
* the advantages you gain if you add <code>ListModel</code> capabilities
* to a <code>List</code>.<p>
*
* TODO: Check if this type is really necessary; remove it if obsolete.
* Without doubt the ObservableList implementations are really useful,
* among others the predefined ArrayListModel and LinkedListModel.
* It's just that these implementations are typically used as List
* and exposed as ListModel, and so there may be no need for the ObservableList
* interface.
*
* @author Karsten Lentzsch
* @version $Revision: 1.5 $
*
* @see ArrayListModel
* @see LinkedListModel
* @see SelectionInList
*
* @param <E> the type of the list elements
*/
public interface ObservableList<E> extends List<E>, ListModel {
// This interface just combines List and ListModel and
// doesn't add anything new.
}
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