Source for javax.swing.SingleSelectionModel

   1: /* SingleSelectionModel.java --
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  37: 
  38: package javax.swing;
  39: 
  40: import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
  41: import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;
  42: 
  43: /**
  44:  * A data model that is used in components that support at most one
  45:  * selected element, like {@link JTabbedPane}, {@link JMenu} and
  46:  * {@link JPopupMenu}.
  47:  *
  48:  * @author Andrew Selkirk
  49:  */
  50: public interface SingleSelectionModel
  51: {
  52:   /**
  53:    * Returns the selected index or <code>-1</code> if there is no selection.
  54:    *
  55:    * @return The selected index.
  56:    *
  57:    * @see #setSelectedIndex(int)
  58:    */
  59:   int getSelectedIndex();
  60: 
  61:   /**
  62:    * Sets the selected index and, if this is different to the previous
  63:    * selection, sends a {@link ChangeEvent} to all registered listeners.
  64:    *
  65:    * @param index  the index (use <code>-1</code> to represent no selection).
  66:    *
  67:    * @see #getSelectedIndex()
  68:    * @see #clearSelection
  69:    */
  70:   void setSelectedIndex(int index);
  71: 
  72:   /**
  73:    * Clears the selection by setting the selected index to <code>-1</code> and
  74:    * sends a {@link ChangeEvent} to all registered listeners.  If the selected
  75:    * index is already <code>-1</code>, this method does nothing.
  76:    */
  77:   void clearSelection();
  78: 
  79:   /**
  80:    * Returns <code>true</code> if there is a selection, and <code>false</code>
  81:    * otherwise.
  82:    *
  83:    * @return A boolean.
  84:    */
  85:   boolean isSelected();
  86: 
  87:   /**
  88:    * Registers a listener to receive {@link ChangeEvent} notifications from
  89:    * this model whenever the selected index changes.
  90:    *
  91:    * @param listener the listener to add.
  92:    */
  93:   void addChangeListener(ChangeListener listener);
  94: 
  95:   /**
  96:    * Deregisters a listener so that it no longer receives {@link ChangeEvent}
  97:    * notifications from this model.
  98:    *
  99:    * @param listener the listener to remove.
 100:    */
 101:   void removeChangeListener(ChangeListener listener);
 102: 
 103: }