Add shorthand for adding a column with ComponentRenderer

4 files changed, 28 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/components/components-grid.asciidoc b/documentation/components/components-grid.asciidoc
index 1195a1c79a..160b97f077 100644
--- a/documentation/components/components-grid.asciidoc
+++ b/documentation/components/components-grid.asciidoc
@@ -576,12 +576,12 @@ the height of all rows in the Grid.
 Use [classname]#Button# in [classname]#Grid#:
 +
 ----
-grid.addColumn(person -> {
+grid.addComponentColumn(person -> {
       Button button = new Button("Click me!");
       button.addClickListener(click ->
             Notification.show("Clicked: " + person.toString()));
       return button;
-}, new ComponentRenderer());
+});
 // make sure the buttons fit in the cells of the Grid
 grid.setRowHeight(40);
 ----
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/vaadin/ui/Grid.java b/server/src/main/java/com/vaadin/ui/Grid.java
index 463e475a44..845a61a42a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/vaadin/ui/Grid.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/vaadin/ui/Grid.java
@@ -2421,6 +2421,25 @@ public class Grid<T> extends AbstractListing<T> implements HasComponents,
     }
 
     /**
+     * Adds a column that shows components.
+     * <p>
+     * This is a shorthand for {@link #addColum()} with a
+     * {@link ComponentRenderer}.
+     *
+     * @param componentProvider
+     *            a value provider that will return a component for the given
+     *            item
+     * @return the new column
+     * @param <V>
+     *            the column value type, extends component
+     * @since 8.1
+     */
+    public <V extends Component> Column<T, V> addComponentColumn(
+            ValueProvider<T, V> componentProvider) {
+        return addColumn(componentProvider, new ComponentRenderer());
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Creates a column instance from a value provider and a renderer.
      *
      * @param valueProvider
@@ -2428,6 +2447,8 @@ public class Grid<T> extends AbstractListing<T> implements HasComponents,
      * @param renderer
      *            the renderer
      * @return a new column instance
+     * @param <V>
+     *            the column value type
      *
      * @since 8.0.3
      */
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/com/vaadin/tests/components/grid/GridComponentRendererTest.java b/server/src/test/java/com/vaadin/tests/components/grid/GridComponentRendererTest.java
index 9e6eb33704..d0b2b11dca 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/com/vaadin/tests/components/grid/GridComponentRendererTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/com/vaadin/tests/components/grid/GridComponentRendererTest.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import com.vaadin.tests.util.AlwaysLockedVaadinSession;
 import com.vaadin.tests.util.MockUI;
 import com.vaadin.ui.Grid;
 import com.vaadin.ui.Label;
-import com.vaadin.ui.renderers.ComponentRenderer;
 
 /**
  * Test to validate clean detaching in Grid with ComponentRenderer.
@@ -37,11 +36,11 @@ public class GridComponentRendererTest {
         dataProvider = DataProvider.ofCollection(backend);
         grid = new Grid<>();
         grid.setDataProvider(dataProvider);
-        grid.addColumn(p -> {
+        grid.addComponentColumn(p -> {
             oldComponent = testComponent;
             testComponent = new Label();
             return testComponent;
-        }, new ComponentRenderer());
+        });
         new MockUI() {
             @Override
             public Future<Void> access(Runnable runnable) {
diff --git a/uitest/src/main/java/com/vaadin/tests/components/grid/GridComponents.java b/uitest/src/main/java/com/vaadin/tests/components/grid/GridComponents.java
index 1a546a767d..dce85d3be9 100644
--- a/uitest/src/main/java/com/vaadin/tests/components/grid/GridComponents.java
+++ b/uitest/src/main/java/com/vaadin/tests/components/grid/GridComponents.java
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ public class GridComponents extends AbstractTestUIWithLog {
 
     @Override
     protected void setup(VaadinRequest request) {
-        Grid<String> grid = new Grid<String>();
+        Grid<String> grid = new Grid<>();
         grid.addColumn(string -> new Label(string), new ComponentRenderer());
-        grid.addColumn(string -> {
+        grid.addComponentColumn(string -> {
             if (textFields.containsKey(string)) {
                 log("Reusing old text field for: " + string);
                 return textFields.get(string);
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class GridComponents extends AbstractTestUIWithLog {
                 textFields.put(string, textField);
             });
             return textField;
-        }, new ComponentRenderer());
+        });
         grid.addColumn(string -> {
             Button button = new Button("Click Me!",
                     e -> Notification.show(