org.netbeans.api.visual.action

Interface MoveStrategy

public interface MoveStrategy

This interfaces provides a movement strategy.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Point	locationSuggested(Widget widget, Point originalLocation, Point suggestedLocation) Called after an user suggests a new location and before the suggested location is stored to a specified widget.

Method Detail

locationSuggested

Point locationSuggested(Widget widget,
                        Point originalLocation,
                        Point suggestedLocation)

Called after an user suggests a new location and before the suggested location is stored to a specified widget. This allows to manipulate with a suggested location to perform snap-to-grid, locked-axis on any other movement strategy.

Parameters:

widget - the moved widget

originalLocation - the original location specified by the MoveProvider.getOriginalLocation method

suggestedLocation - the location suggested by an user (usually by a mouse cursor position)

Returns:

the new (optional modified) location processed by the strategy