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package sun.awt.motif;

import sun.awt.motif.MComponentPeer;
import sun.awt.motif.MInputMethod;

An interface for controlling containment hierarchy configuration to
keep track of existence of any TextArea or TextField and to manage
input method status area.
@auther
     JavaSoft International/**
 * An interface for controlling containment hierarchy configuration to
 * keep track of existence of any TextArea or TextField and to manage
 * input method status area.
 *
 * @auther      JavaSoft International
 */
interface MInputMethodControl {

    
Informs Frame or Dialog that a text component has been added to
the hierarchy.
Params:
textComponentPeer –       peer of the text component/**
     * Informs Frame or Dialog that a text component has been added to
     * the hierarchy.
     * @param   textComponentPeer       peer of the text component
     */
    void addTextComponent(MComponentPeer textComponentPeer);

    
Informs Frame or Dialog that a text component has been removed
from the hierarchy.
Params:
textComponentPeer – peer of the text component/**
     * Informs Frame or Dialog that a text component has been removed
     * from the hierarchy.
     * @param textComponentPeer peer of the text component
     */
    void removeTextComponent(MComponentPeer textComponentPeer);

    
Returns a text component peer in the containment hierarchy
to obtain the Motif status area information
/**
     * Returns a text component peer in the containment hierarchy
     * to obtain the Motif status area information
     */
    MComponentPeer getTextComponent();

    
Inform Frame or Dialog that an MInputMethod has been
constructed so that Frame and Dialog can invoke the method in
MInputMethod to reconfigure XICs.
Params:
inputMethod –     an MInputMethod instance/**
     * Inform Frame or Dialog that an MInputMethod has been
     * constructed so that Frame and Dialog can invoke the method in
     * MInputMethod to reconfigure XICs.
     * @param   inputMethod     an MInputMethod instance
     */
    void addInputMethod(MInputMethod inputMethod);

    
Inform Frame or Dialog that an X11InputMethod is being destroyed.
Params:
inputMethod –     an X11InputMethod instance/**
     * Inform Frame or Dialog that an X11InputMethod is being destroyed.
     * @param   inputMethod     an X11InputMethod instance
     */
    void removeInputMethod(MInputMethod inputMethod);
}