Identifies components that can be used as "rubber stamps" to paint
the cells in a JList. For example, to use a JLabel as a
ListCellRenderer, you would write something like this:
class MyCellRenderer extends JLabel implements ListCellRenderer {
public MyCellRenderer() {
setOpaque(true);
}
public Component getListCellRendererComponent(
JList list,
Object value,
int index,
boolean isSelected,
boolean cellHasFocus)
{
setText(value.toString());
setBackground(isSelected ? Color.red : Color.white);
setForeground(isSelected ? Color.white : Color.black);
return this;
}
}
Return a component that has been configured to display the specified
value. That component's paint method is then called to
"render" the cell. If it is necessary to compute the dimensions
of a list because the list cells do not have a fixed size, this method
is called to generate a component on which getPreferredSize
can be invoked.