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* Copyright (C) 2004 NNL Technology AB
* Visit www.infonode.net for information about InfoNode(R)
* products and how to contact NNL Technology AB.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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*
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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*
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// $Id: ColorProvider.java,v 1.6 2005/02/16 11:28:10 jesper Exp $
package net.infonode.gui.colorprovider;
import java.awt.*;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* An object that provides colors. Instances of this class is typically used by {@link javax.swing.border.Border}
* implementations to obtain border colors which might change depending on the current Look and Feel or which component
* the border is painted on.
*
* @author $Author: jesper $
* @version $Revision: 1.6 $
*/
public interface ColorProvider extends Serializable {
/**
* Returns the default color when no component is available.
*
* @return the default color when no component is available
*/
Color getColor();
/**
* Returns the color obtained from the given component.
*
* @param component the component
* @return the color obtained from the given component
*/
Color getColor(Component component);
}