001/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
002   The Kiwi Toolkit - A Java Class Library
003   Copyright (C) 1998-2004 Mark A. Lindner
004
005   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
006   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
007   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
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009
010   This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
011   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
012   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
013   General Public License for more details.
014
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016   along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
017   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
018   02111-1307, USA.
019 
020   The author may be contacted at: mark_a_lindner@yahoo.com
021   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
022   $Log: UIElementViewer.java,v $
023   Revision 1.4  2004/05/12 18:53:25  markl
024   comment block updates
025
026   Revision 1.3  2003/01/19 09:50:54  markl
027   Javadoc & comment header updates.
028
029   Revision 1.2  2001/03/12 09:28:01  markl
030   Source code and Javadoc cleanup.
031
032   Revision 1.1  1999/05/10 09:14:39  markl
033   Initial revision
034   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
035*/
036
037package kiwi.ui;
038
039import javax.swing.*;
040
041/** An interface that describes the behavior of a viewer for
042 * <code>UIElement</code>s.
043 *
044 * @see kiwi.ui.UIElementChooser
045 *
046 * @author Mark Lindner
047 */
048
049public interface UIElementViewer
050  {
051  /** Get a reference to the viewer component.
052   *
053   * @return The viewer component itself.
054   */
055  
056  public JComponent getViewerComponent();
057
058  /** Display the given element in the viewer.
059   *
060   * @param element The element to display.
061   *
062   */
063  
064  public void showElement(UIElement element);
065  }
066
067/* end of source file */