/* AppletContext.java -- Access the applet's runtime environment.
   Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
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package java.applet;

import java.awt.Image;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Enumeration;

/**
  * This interface allows an applet access to the browser to retrieve
  * additional data files and display documents.  It also allows the
  * applet to find out other applets in the same document.
  *
  * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
  */
public interface AppletContext
{
  /**
    * Returns an audio clip from the specified URL.
    *
    * @param url The URL of the audio clip.
    *
    * @return The retrieved audio clip // FIXME: What happens on error?
    */
  AudioClip getAudioClip(URL url);

  /**
    * Returns an image from the specified URL.  Note that the image is not
    * actually retrieved until the applet attempts to display it, so this
    * method returns immediately.
    *
    * @param url The URL of the image.
    *
    * @return The retrieved image.  // FIXME: What happens on eror?
    */
  Image getImage(URL url);

  /**
    * Returns the applet in the document for this object that has the
    * specified name.
    *
    * @param name The applet name.
    *
    * @return The requested applet, or <code>null</code> if an applet with
    * the requested name cannot be found.
    */
  Applet getApplet(String name);

  /**
    * Returns a list of all the applets in the document for this object.
    *
    * @return A list of all the applets in the document for this object.
    */
  Enumeration getApplets();

  /**
    * Displays the web page pointed to by the specified URL in the window
    * for this object.  This page replaces the document that is currently
    * there.
    *
    * @param url The URL of the web page to load.
    */
  void showDocument(URL url);

  /**
    * Displays the web page pointed to be the sepcified URL in the window
    * with the specified name.  The standard names "_top", "_blank",
    * "_parent", and "_self" are allowed.
    *
    * @param url The URL of the web page to load.
    * @param target The target window.
    */
  void showDocument(URL url, String target);

  /**
    * Displays the specified message in the status window if that window
    * exists.
    *
    * @param message The status message.
    */
  void showStatus(String message);

} // interface AppletContext