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package org.jowidgets.api.layout.miglayout;

public interface IMigLayoutToolkit {

    /**
     * Creates column constraints
     * 
     * @return New column constraints
     */
    IAC columnConstraints();

    /**
     * Creates row constraints
     * 
     * @return New row constraints
     */
    IAC rowConstraints();

    /**
     * Creates layout constraints
     * 
     * @return New layout constraints
     */
    ILC layoutConstraints();

    /**
     * Creates component constraints
     * 
     * @return New component constraints
     */
    ICC componentConstraints();

    /**
     * Creates component constraints
     * 
     * @return New component constraints
     */
    ICC cc();

    /**
     * Creates row / column constraints
     * 
     * @return New row / column constraints
     */
    IAC ac();

    /**
     * Creates layout constraints
     * 
     * @return New layout constraints
     */
    ILC lc();

    /**
     * Gets the platform defaults
     * 
     * @return The platform defaults, never null
     */
    IPlatformDefaults getPlatformDefaults();

    /**
     * Gets the mig layout version
     * 
     * @return The mig layout version
     */
    String getMigLayoutVersion();
}