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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ * Port to the D programming language:
+ *     Frank Benoit <benoit@tionex.de>
+ *******************************************************************************/
+module dwtx.jface.action.IMenuCreator;
+
+import dwt.widgets.Control;
+import dwt.widgets.Menu;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for something that creates and disposes of DWT menus.  Note that
+ * it is the responsibility of the implementor to dispose of DWT menus it
+ * creates.
+ */
+public interface IMenuCreator {
+    /**
+     * Disposes the menu returned by <code>getMenu</code>. Does nothing
+     * if there is no menu.  This method will be executed only when the
+     * parent of the menu is disposed.
+     */
+    public void dispose();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the DWT menu, created as a pop up menu parented by the
+     * given control.  In most cases, this menu can be created once, cached and reused
+     * when the pop-up/drop-down action occurs.  If the menu must be dynamically
+     * created (i.e., each time it is popped up or dropped down), the old menu
+     * should be disposed of before replacing it with the new menu.
+     *
+     * @param parent the parent control
+     * @return the menu, or <code>null</code> if the menu could not
+     *  be created
+     */
+    public Menu getMenu(Control parent);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an DWT menu created as a drop down menu parented by the
+     * given menu.  In most cases, this menu can be created once, cached and reused
+     * when the pop-up/drop-down action occurs.  If the menu must be dynamically
+     * created (i.e., each time it is popped up or dropped down), the old menu
+     * should be disposed of before replacing it with the new menu.
+     *
+     * @param parent the parent menu
+     * @return the menu, or <code>null</code> if the menu could not
+     *  be created
+     */
+    public Menu getMenu(Menu parent);
+}