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

Type Parameters:

V - Data type of the column used for mapping

T - Type of Visual Property range value. Such as Color, Number, String.
```
public interface ValueTranslator<V,T>
```
Translate given table value to a Visual Property value. This will be used by Passthrough Mapping.
Module: vizmap-api
To use this in your app, include the following dependency in your POM:
```
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.cytoscape</groupId>
    <artifactId>vizmap-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<T>`	`getTranslatedValueType()`	Returns compatible input data type.
`T`	`translate(V inputValue)`	Convert input value to Visual Property value.

- Method Detail
  - translate
```
T translate(V inputValue)
```
    Convert input value to Visual Property value. For example, if this is a translator from text representation of color to Color object, inputValue is a String value and return value is a Color build from the given string.
    
    Parameters:
    
    inputValue - table value of type V.
    
    Returns:
    
    translated Visual Property value.
  - getTranslatedValueType
```
Class<T> getTranslatedValueType()
```
    Returns compatible input data type.
    
    Returns:
    
    data type of input value.