/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2005 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.draw2d.FreeformFigure;

import dwt.dwthelper.utils;

import dwtx.draw2d.geometry.Rectangle;
import dwtx.draw2d.IFigure;
import dwtx.draw2d.FreeformListener;


/**
 * A figure that allows its children to extend into negative coordinates.  This figure
 * must be placed in a {@link dwtx.draw2d.FreeformViewport}.  Also, you shouldn't
 * call {@link IFigure#setBounds(Rectangle)} on this figure.  The bounds will be
 * calculated based on the extent of its children.  A FreeformFigure's bounds will be the
 * smallest rectangle that will contain all of its children.
 */
public interface FreeformFigure
    : IFigure
{

/**
 * Adds a FreeformListener to this FreeformFigure.
 * @param listener the listener
 */
void addFreeformListener(FreeformListener listener);

/**
 * Notifies listeners that the freeform extent (i.e. bounds) has changed.
 */
void fireExtentChanged();

/**
 * Returns the freeform extent, essentially the bounds of the FreeformFigure.  This is
 * based on the extent of its children.
 * @return the freeform extent
 */
Rectangle getFreeformExtent();

/**
 * Removes the given listener from this FreeformFigure.
 * @param listener the listener
 */
void removeFreeformListener(FreeformListener listener);

/**
 * Sets the freeform bounds of this FreeformFigure.
 * @param bounds the new freeform bounds
 */
void setFreeformBounds(Rectangle bounds);

}