49 lines
1.9 KiB
Java
49 lines
1.9 KiB
Java
/*
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* Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
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* contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
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* this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
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* The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
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* (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
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* the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
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*
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* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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*
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* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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* limitations under the License.
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*
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* $Header:$
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*/
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package org.apache.beehive.controls.api.context;
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import org.apache.beehive.controls.api.bean.ControlBean;
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import org.apache.beehive.controls.api.events.EventDispatcher;
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/**
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* The ControlContainerContext interface defines the basic contract between an external container
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* of controls and the Controls runtime.
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*/
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public interface ControlContainerContext extends EventDispatcher, ControlBeanContext
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{
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/**
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* Makes the ControlContainerContext instance the current active context. This is
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* called at the beginning of the execution scope for the control container.
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*/
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public void beginContext();
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/**
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* Ends the active context associated with the ControlContainerContext. This is called
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* at the end of the execution scope for the control container.
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*/
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public void endContext();
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/**
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* Returns a ControlHandle to the component containing the control. This handle can be
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* used to dispatch events and operations to a control instance. This method will return
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* null if the containing component does not support direct dispatch.
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*/
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public ControlHandle getControlHandle(ControlBean bean);
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}
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