/*
  Copyright (C) 2002 Laurent Martelli <laurent@aopsys.com>
  
  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
  License, or (at your option) any later version.

  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */

package org.objectweb.jac.aspects.gui;

public interface CustomizedView extends CompositeView {
    /**
     * Returns the customized GUI, i.e. the object that contains all
     * the parametrization of this view as built by the GUI aspect.
     *
     * @return an implementation-independant object
     */
    CustomizedGUI getCustomizedGUI();

    /**
     * Set a menu bar to the customized.
     *
     * @param menuBar the abstract menu bar
     * @param position (TOP||BOTTOM) 
     */
    void setMenuBar(MenuView menuBar,String position);

    /**
     * Set a tool bar to the customized.
     *
     * @param toolBar the abstract tool bar
     */
    void setToolBar(MenuView toolBar);

    /**
     * Set a status bar to the customized.
     *
     * @param view the abstract status bar
     * @param position (TOP||BOTTOM) 
     */
    void setStatusBar(StatusView view,String position);

    /**
     * Show a message on the customized's status bar.
     *
     * @param message the message to show 
     */
    void showStatus(String message);

    /**
     * Returns the content pane of the customized, i.e. a panel
     * containing some sub-panels.
     *
     * @return the view of subpanes 
     */
    PanelView getPanelView();

    void requestFocus();
}