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package org.apache.wicket.extensions.markup.html.repeater.data.table;

import org.apache.wicket.Component;
import org.apache.wicket.extensions.markup.html.repeater.data.grid.ICellPopulator;


/**
 * An interface that represents a column in the {@link DefaultDataTable}
 * 
 * @author Igor Vaynberg ( ivaynberg )
 * @param <T>
 *     the type of the object that will be rendered in this column's cells
 * @param <S>
 *     the type of the sorting parameter
 */
public interface IColumn<T, S> extends ICellPopulator<T>
{
	/**
	 * Returns the component that will be used as the header for the column.
	 * 
	 * This component will be contained in &lt;span&gt; tags.
	 * 
	 * @param componentId
	 *            component id for the returned Component
	 * 
	 * @return component that will be used as the header for the column
	 */
	Component getHeader(String componentId);

	/**
	 * Returns the property that this header sorts on.
	 * If {@code null} is returned the header will be not sortable.
	 * 
	 * @return the sort property
	 */
	S getSortProperty();

	/**
	 * Returns true if the header of the column should be sortable
	 * 
	 * @return true if header should be sortable
	 */
	boolean isSortable();
}
