LabelProvider (cockpitng 20.05.0-RC3 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultCollectionLabelProvider, DefaultDateLabelProvider, DefaultMapLabelProvider, DoubleNumberFormatLabelProvider, LocaleLabelProvider
```
public interface LabelProvider<T>
```
Provider for essence data to display (label, description, icon) for a given Object.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getDescription(T object)`	Returns text description for a given Object.
`java.lang.String`	`getIconPath(T object)`	Returns icon path for a given Object.
`java.lang.String`	`getLabel(T object)`	Returns label for a given Object.
`default java.lang.String`	`getShortLabel(T object)`	Returns shortLabel for a given Object.

- Method Detail
  - getLabel
```
java.lang.String getLabel(T object)
```
    Returns label for a given Object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    object -
    
    Returns:
    
    label for a given object
  - getShortLabel
```
default java.lang.String getShortLabel(T object)
```
    Returns shortLabel for a given Object. By default delegates to getLabel(Object)
    
    Parameters:
    
    object -
    
    Returns:
    
    short label for a given object
  - getDescription
```
java.lang.String getDescription(T object)
```
    Returns text description for a given Object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    object -
    
    Returns:
    
    description for a given object
  - getIconPath
```
java.lang.String getIconPath(T object)
```
    Returns icon path for a given Object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    object -
    
    Returns:
    
    icon path for a given object