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+//=============================================================================
+// Copyright 2006-2010 Daniel W. Dyer
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//=============================================================================
+package org.uncommons.watchmaker.swing;
+
+import javax.swing.JComponent;
+import javax.swing.JTextArea;
+import org.uncommons.watchmaker.framework.interactive.Renderer;
+
+/**
+ * A default {@link Renderer} implementation that can display any object
+ * as a Swing component.  It simply converts the object into its String
+ * representation (via the {@link Object#toString()} method) and shows
+ * that in a text area.
+ * @author Daniel Dyer
+ */
+public class ObjectSwingRenderer implements Renderer<Object, JComponent>
+{
+    /**
+     * Calls {@link Object#toString()} on the specified entity and creates
+     * a {@link JTextArea} containing that text.
+     * @param entity The evolved entity to render.
+     * @return A text area containing the string representation of the entity.
+     */
+    public JComponent render(Object entity)
+    {
+        JTextArea text = new JTextArea(entity.toString());
+        text.setEditable(false);
+        text.setBackground(null);
+        text.setLineWrap(true);
+        text.setWrapStyleWord(true);
+        return text;
+    }
+}