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The InternalFrameFocusTraversalPolicy.java Java example source code

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package javax.swing;


import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.FocusTraversalPolicy;

/**
 * A FocusTraversalPolicy which can optionally provide an algorithm for
 * determining a JInternalFrame's initial Component. The initial Component is
 * the first to receive focus when the JInternalFrame is first selected. By
 * default, this is the same as the JInternalFrame's default Component to
 * focus.
 *
 * @author David Mendenhall
 *
 * @since 1.4
 */
public abstract class InternalFrameFocusTraversalPolicy
    extends FocusTraversalPolicy
{

    /**
     * Returns the Component that should receive the focus when a
     * JInternalFrame is selected for the first time. Once the JInternalFrame
     * has been selected by a call to <code>setSelected(true), the
     * initial Component will not be used again. Instead, if the JInternalFrame
     * loses and subsequently regains selection, or is made invisible or
     * undisplayable and subsequently made visible and displayable, the
     * JInternalFrame's most recently focused Component will become the focus
     * owner. The default implementation of this method returns the
     * JInternalFrame's default Component to focus.
     *
     * @param frame the JInternalFrame whose initial Component is to be
     *        returned
     * @return the Component that should receive the focus when frame is
     *         selected for the first time, or null if no suitable Component
     *         can be found
     * @see JInternalFrame#getMostRecentFocusOwner
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if window is null
     */
    public Component getInitialComponent(JInternalFrame frame) {
        return getDefaultComponent(frame);
    }
}