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25
26 package javax.swing.plaf.basic;
27
28 import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
29 import java.awt.event.MouseMotionListener;
30 import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
31 import javax.swing.JList;
32
33
34 /**
35 * The interface which defines the methods required for the implementation of the popup
36 * portion of a combo box.
37 * <p>
38 * <strong>Warning:</strong>
39 * Serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with
40 * future Swing releases. The current serialization support is
41 * appropriate for short term storage or RMI between applications running
42 * the same version of Swing. As of 1.4, support for long term storage
43 * of all JavaBeans<sup><font size="-2">TM</font></sup>
44 * has been added to the <code>java.beans</code> package.
45 * Please see {@link java.beans.XMLEncoder}.
46 *
47 * @author Tom Santos
48 */
49 public interface ComboPopup {
50 /**
51 * Shows the popup
52 */
53 public void show();
54
55 /**
56 * Hides the popup
57 */
58 public void hide();
59
60 /**
61 * Returns true if the popup is visible (currently being displayed).
62 *
63 * @return <code>true</code> if the component is visible; <code>false</code> otherwise.
64 */
65 public boolean isVisible();
66
67 /**
68 * Returns the list that is being used to draw the items in the combo box.
69 * This method is highly implementation specific and should not be used
70 * for general list manipulation.
71 */
72 public JList getList();
73
74 /**
75 * Returns a mouse listener that will be added to the combo box or null.
76 * If this method returns null then it will not be added to the combo box.
77 *
78 * @return a <code>MouseListener</code> or null
79 */
80 public MouseListener getMouseListener();
81
82 /**
83 * Returns a mouse motion listener that will be added to the combo box or null.
84 * If this method returns null then it will not be added to the combo box.
85 *
86 * @return a <code>MouseMotionListener</code> or null
87 */
88 public MouseMotionListener getMouseMotionListener();
89
90 /**
91 * Returns a key listener that will be added to the combo box or null.
92 * If this method returns null then it will not be added to the combo box.
93 */
94 public KeyListener getKeyListener();
95
96 /**
97 * Called to inform the ComboPopup that the UI is uninstalling.
98 * If the ComboPopup added any listeners in the component, it should remove them here.
99 */
100 public void uninstallingUI();
101 }