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 * TabLayoutModel.java
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 * Created on May 16, 2003, 3:47 PM
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package org.netbeans.swing.tabcontrol.plaf;

import java.awt.*;


/**
 * A model representing the visual layout of tabs in a TabDataModel as a set of
 * rectangles.  Used by BasicTabDisplayerUI and its subclasses to manage the layout of
 * tabs in the displayer.
 *
 * @author Tim Boudreau
 */
public interface TabLayoutModel {
    /**
     * Get the x coordinate of the tab rectangle for the tab at index
     * index in the data model.
     *
     * @param index The tab index
     * @return The coordinate
     */
    public int getX(int index);

    /**
     * Get the y coordinate of the tab rectangle for the tab at index
     * index in the data model.
     *
     * @param index The tab index
     * @return The coordinate
     */
    public int getY(int index);

    /**
     * Get the width of the tab rectangle for the tab at index
     * index in the data model.
     *
     * @param index The tab index
     * @return The width
     */
    public int getW(int index);

    /**
     * Get the height of the tab rectangle for the tab at index
     * index in the data model.
     *
     * @param index The tab index
     * @return The height
     */
    public int getH(int index);

    /**
     * Get the index of the tab in the data model for the supplied point.
     *
     * @param p A point representing a set of pixel coordinate in the space
     *          modeled by this layout model
     * @return The index into the data model of the tab displayed at the passed
     *         point or -1
     */
    public int indexOfPoint(int x, int y);

    // XXX DnD only
    /**
     * Gets the index of possibly dropped component (as a new tab).
     */
    public int dropIndexOfPoint(int x, int y);

    public void setPadding (Dimension d);
}