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/******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2008,2011 Peter Stibrany * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * * Contributors: * Peter Stibrany (pstibrany@gmail.com) - initial API and implementation *******************************************************************************/ package com.foglyn.helpers; import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.LabelProvider; import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Image; public abstract class TypedLabelProvider<T> extends LabelProvider { private final Class<T> clazz; public TypedLabelProvider(Class<T> clazz) { this.clazz = clazz; } @Override public final String getText(Object element) { T e = clazz.cast(element); return getTextForElement(e); } protected String getTextForElement(T element) { return null; } @Override public final Image getImage(Object element) { T e = clazz.cast(element); return getImageForElement(e); } protected Image getImageForElement(T e) { return null; } }