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package org.assertj.swing.fixture;

import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Container;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

import org.assertj.swing.core.Robot;

/**
 * An "extension method" for implementations of {@link AbstractContainerFixture}. This extension creates new
 * {@link AbstractComponentFixture}s that can handle {@code Component}s inside a {@link AbstractContainerFixture}'s
 * {@code Container}.
 * 
 * @param <C> the type of {@code Component} the {@code ComponentFixture} to create can handle.
 * @param <F> the type of {@code ComponentFixture} this extension can create.
 * 
 * @author Alex Ruiz
 */
public abstract class ComponentFixtureExtension<C extends Component, F extends AbstractComponentFixture<?, C, ?>> {
  /**
   * Creates a new {@link AbstractComponentFixture}.
   * 
   * @param robot the {@code Robot} to pass to the new fixture.
   * @param root the container where the component to handle by the created fixture is contained.
   * @return the created {@code ComponentFixture}.
   */
  public abstract @Nonnull F createFixture(@Nonnull Robot robot, @Nonnull Container root);
}