org.netbeans.api.visual.action

Interface MoveProvider

public interface MoveProvider

This interface controls move action.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
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