getValue in Table or Tree

Hi,

I don't completely understand how the getValue works in components like Table or Tree.
If they are in single select mode, then I get whatever Object corresponds to that row or node, but if it is multiselect? Do I get a list of Objects? And if it's multiselect but there is only a value selected, do I get a list with one element or I get the value Object?
How do I know if there is more than one selected row or node? Something like this would be a really bad solution for many reasons:

if (table.isMultiSelect())
   Collection<Object> values = (Set<Object>) table.getValue();
else
   Object value = table.getValue(); 

Can somebody tell me if my understandings are correct?

Hi, 
If you look at the getValue method of the i.e Table :
Incase of single select you will get only one Item of the Type you set the value with.

Incase of multiselect you wil get a List of objects. no matter if none,one or many items are selected.
so your can override the method and always return a collection incase your application requires that.

final Object retValue = super.getValue();

        if (isMultiSelect()) {

            // If the return value is not a set
            if (retValue == null) {
                return new HashSet<Object>();
            }
            if (retValue instanceof Set) {
                return Collections.unmodifiableSet((Set<?>) retValue);
            } else if (retValue instanceof Collection) {
                return new HashSet<Object>((Collection<?>) retValue);
            } else {
                final Set<Object> s = new HashSet<Object>();
                if (items.containsId(retValue)) {
                    s.add(retValue);
                }
                return s;
            }

        } else {
            return retValue;
        }

I thought that it was a little bit confusing, but I see how to handle it now, thank you!