wtk/src/org/apache/pivot/wtk/FocusTraversalPolicy.java

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package org.apache.pivot.wtk;

/**
 * Defines the order in which components will receive focus during focus
 * traversal.
 */
public interface FocusTraversalPolicy {
    /**
     * Returns the next focus destination according to this traversal policy.
     *
     * @param container The container to which the traversal policy applies.
     * @param component The component from which focus is being transferred. If
     * <tt>null</tt>, implementations should return the first component for a
     * forward traversal and the last component for a backward traversal.
     * @param direction The direction in which to transfer focus.
     * @return The component to focus, or <tt>null</tt> if there are no more
     * components in the given direction or next component cannot be determined.
     */
    Component getNextComponent(Container container, Component component,
        FocusTraversalDirection direction);
}