/*
 * @(#)DropTargetListener.java	1.23 05/11/17
 *
 * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package java.awt.dnd;

import java.util.EventListener;

import java.awt.dnd.DropTargetContext;
import java.awt.dnd.DropTargetDragEvent;
import java.awt.dnd.DropTargetDropEvent;

/**
 * The <code>DropTargetListener</code> interface 
 * is the callback interface used by the
 * <code>DropTarget</code> class to provide 
 * notification of DnD operations that involve
 * the subject <code>DropTarget</code>. Methods of
 * this interface may be implemented to provide
 * "drag under" visual feedback to the user throughout
 * the Drag and Drop operation.
 * <p>
 * Create a listener object by implementing the interface and then register it
 * with a <code>DropTarget</code>. When the drag enters, moves over, or exits
 * the operable part of the drop site for that <code>DropTarget</code>, when 
 * the drop action changes, and when the drop occurs, the relevant method in 
 * the listener object is invoked, and the <code>DropTargetEvent</code> is 
 * passed to it.
 * <p>
 * The operable part of the drop site for the <code>DropTarget</code> is 
 * the part of the associated <code>Component</code>'s geometry that is not 
 * obscured by an overlapping top-level window or by another 
 * <code>Component</code> higher in the Z-order that has an associated active 
 * <code>DropTarget</code>.
 * <p>
 * During the drag, the data associated with the current drag operation can be
 * retrieved by calling <code>getTransferable()</code> on 
 * <code>DropTargetDragEvent</code> instances passed to the listener's
 * methods. 
 * <p>
 * Note that <code>getTransferable()</code> on the 
 * <code>DropTargetDragEvent</code> instance should only be called within the
 * respective listener's method and all the necessary data should be retrieved
 * from the returned <code>Transferable</code> before that method returns.
 *
 * @version 	1.23, 11/17/05
 * @since 1.2
 */

public interface DropTargetListener extends EventListener {

    /**
     * Called while a drag operation is ongoing, when the mouse pointer enters
     * the operable part of the drop site for the <code>DropTarget</code>
     * registered with this listener. 
     * 
     * @param dtde the <code>DropTargetDragEvent</code> 
     */

    void dragEnter(DropTargetDragEvent dtde);

    /**
     * Called when a drag operation is ongoing, while the mouse pointer is still
     * over the operable part of the drop site for the <code>DropTarget</code>
     * registered with this listener.
     * 
     * @param dtde the <code>DropTargetDragEvent</code> 
     */

    void dragOver(DropTargetDragEvent dtde);

    /**
     * Called if the user has modified 
     * the current drop gesture.
     * <P>
     * @param dtde the <code>DropTargetDragEvent</code>
     */

    void dropActionChanged(DropTargetDragEvent dtde);

    /**
     * Called while a drag operation is ongoing, when the mouse pointer has
     * exited the operable part of the drop site for the
     * <code>DropTarget</code> registered with this listener.
     * 
     * @param dte the <code>DropTargetEvent</code> 
     */

    void dragExit(DropTargetEvent dte);

    /**
     * Called when the drag operation has terminated with a drop on
     * the operable part of the drop site for the <code>DropTarget</code>
     * registered with this listener.  
     * <p>
     * This method is responsible for undertaking
     * the transfer of the data associated with the
     * gesture. The <code>DropTargetDropEvent</code> 
     * provides a means to obtain a <code>Transferable</code>
     * object that represents the data object(s) to 
     * be transfered.<P>
     * From this method, the <code>DropTargetListener</code>
     * shall accept or reject the drop via the   
     * acceptDrop(int dropAction) or rejectDrop() methods of the 
     * <code>DropTargetDropEvent</code> parameter.
     * <P>
     * Subsequent to acceptDrop(), but not before,
     * <code>DropTargetDropEvent</code>'s getTransferable()
     * method may be invoked, and data transfer may be 
     * performed via the returned <code>Transferable</code>'s 
     * getTransferData() method.
     * <P>
     * At the completion of a drop, an implementation
     * of this method is required to signal the success/failure
     * of the drop by passing an appropriate
     * <code>boolean</code> to the <code>DropTargetDropEvent</code>'s
     * dropComplete(boolean success) method.
     * <P>
     * Note: The data transfer should be completed before the call  to the
     * <code>DropTargetDropEvent</code>'s dropComplete(boolean success) method.
     * After that, a call to the getTransferData() method of the
     * <code>Transferable</code> returned by
     * <code>DropTargetDropEvent.getTransferable()</code> is guaranteed to
     * succeed only if the data transfer is local; that is, only if
     * <code>DropTargetDropEvent.isLocalTransfer()</code> returns
     * <code>true</code>. Otherwise, the behavior of the call is
     * implementation-dependent.
     * <P>
     * @param dtde the <code>DropTargetDropEvent</code> 
     */

    void drop(DropTargetDropEvent dtde);
}