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package java.awt.im.spi;

import java.awt.HeadlessException;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.Window;
import java.awt.font.TextHitInfo;
import java.awt.im.InputMethodRequests;
import java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator;

import javax.swing.JFrame;

/**
 * Provides methods for the communication context between an input method
 * and the client component. This should be passed to
 * {@link InputMethod#setInputMethodContext(InputMethodContext)}.
 *
 * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
 * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
 * @since 1.3
 * @status updated to 1.4
 */
public interface InputMethodContext extends InputMethodRequests
{
  /**
   * Create an input method event and dispatch it to the client.
   *
   * @param id the event type
   * @param text an iterator over the text to be committed
   * @param count the count of characters to be committed
   * @param caret the insertion point of the commit, or null
   * @param visiblePosition the best location to make visible, or null
   */
  void dispatchInputMethodEvent(int id, AttributedCharacterIterator text,
                                int count, TextHitInfo caret,
                                TextHitInfo visiblePosition);

  /**
   * Creates a top-level window for use by the input method. This window should
   * float above all document windows and dialogs, not receive focus, and have
   * lightweight decorations (such as no title, reduced drag regions). But
   * this behavior may be modified to meet the platform style. The title may
   * or may not be displayed, depending on the platform.
   *
   * <p>If attachToInputContext is true, the new window will share the input
   * context of the input method, so that events in the new window are
   * dispatched to the input method. Also, this supresses deactivate and
   * activate calls to the input method caused by setVisible.
   *
   * @param title the window title, if one is displayed; null becomes ""
   * @param attachToInputContext true for the window to share context with
   *        the input method
   * @return the new window for use by the input method
   * @throws HeadlessException if GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless is true
   */
  Window createInputMethodWindow(String title, boolean attachToInputContext);

  /**
   * Creates a top-level Swing JFrame for use by the input method. This frame
   * should float above all document windows and dialogs, not receive focus,
   * and have lightweight decorations (such as no title, reduced drag
   * regions). But this behavior may be modified to meet the platform style.
   * The title may or may not be displayed, depending on the platform.
   *
   * <p>If attachToInputContext is true, the new window will share the input
   * context of the input method, so that events in the new window are
   * dispatched to the input method. Also, this supresses deactivate and
   * activate calls to the input method caused by setVisible.
   *
   * @param title the window title, if one is displayed; null becomes ""
   * @param attachToInputContext true for the window to share context with
   *        the input method
   * @return the new window for use by the input method
   * @throws HeadlessException if GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless is true
   * @since 1.4
   */
  JFrame createInputMethodJFrame(String title, boolean attachToInputContext);

  /**
   * Sets whether notification of the client window's location and state should
   * be enabled for the input method. When enabled, the input method's
   * {@link InputMethod#notifyClientWindowChange(Rectangle)} method is called.
   * Notification is automatically disabled when the input method is disposed.
   *
   * @param inputMethod the method to change status of
   * @param enable true to enable notification
   */
  void enableClientWindowNotification(InputMethod inputMethod, boolean enable);
} // interface InputMethodContext