ValueEditor (Cytoscape Swing App API (swing-app-api) 3.8.1 API)

Type Parameters:

V - target data type for this editor.
```
public interface ValueEditor<V>
```
Provides a GUI Editor for a data type. To support new data type, this should be implemented.
Module: vizmap-gui-api
To use this in your app, include the following dependency in your POM:
```
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.cytoscape</groupId>
    <artifactId>vizmap-gui-api</artifactId>
</dependency>
```
Cytoscape Backwards Compatibility (SPI Interface): We expect that this interface will be implemented. Therefore to maintain backwards compatibility this interface will only be modified for major version updates.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Class<V>`	`getValueType()`	Get type of the value to be edited.
`<S extends V> V`	`showEditor(Component parent, S initialValue)`	Display the editor and get a new value.

- Method Detail
  - showEditor
```
<S extends V> V showEditor(Component parent,
                           S initialValue)
```
    Display the editor and get a new value.
    
    Parameters:
    
    parent - the parent Component of this editor.
    
    initialValue - the initial value for the value editor dialogue.
    
    Returns:
    
    the value generated from the value editor dialogue or null.
  - getValueType
```
Class<V> getValueType()
```
    Get type of the value to be edited.
    
    Returns:
    
    the type of value returned by the value editor.