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org.netbeans.api.visual.action
Interface MoveProvider

public interface MoveProvider

This interface controls move action.

Method Summary

Point getOriginalLocation(Widget widget)
          Called to acquire a origin location against which the movement will be calculated.

void movementFinished(Widget widget)
          Called to notify about the end of movement of a specified widget.

void movementStarted(Widget widget)
          Called to nofity about the start of movement of a specified widget.

void setNewLocation(Widget widget, Point location)
          Called to set a new location of a moved widget.

Method Summary
`Point`	`getOriginalLocation(Widget widget)` Called to acquire a origin location against which the movement will be calculated.
`void`	`movementFinished(Widget widget)` Called to notify about the end of movement of a specified widget.
`void`	`movementStarted(Widget widget)` Called to nofity about the start of movement of a specified widget.
`void`	`setNewLocation(Widget widget, Point location)` Called to set a new location of a moved widget.

Method Detail

movementStarted

void movementStarted(Widget widget)

Called to nofity about the start of movement of a specified widget.

Parameters:: widget - the moving widget

movementFinished

void movementFinished(Widget widget)

Called to notify about the end of movement of a specified widget.

Parameters:: widget - the moved widget

getOriginalLocation

Point getOriginalLocation(Widget widget)

Called to acquire a origin location against which the movement will be calculated. Usually it is a value of the Widget.getLocation method.

Parameters:: widget - the moving widget
Returns:: the origin location

setNewLocation

void setNewLocation(Widget widget,
                    Point location)

Called to set a new location of a moved widget. The new location is based on the location returned by getOriginalLocation method. Usually it is implemented as the Widget.setPreferredLocation method call.

Parameters:: widget - the moved widget; location - the new location