IStylesheet.java

// BlogBridge -- RSS feed reader, manager, and web based service
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// $Id: IStylesheet.java,v 1.2 2006/10/18 08:00:05 spyromus Exp $
//

package com.salas.bb.views.stylesheets;

import com.salas.bb.views.stylesheets.domain.IRule;

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Stylesheet interface.
 */
public interface IStylesheet
{
    /**
     * Returns the rule for the element with the given set of classes.
     *
     * @param el        element.
     * @param classes   classes.
     *
     * @return the rule.
     */
    IRule getRule(String el, String[] classes);

    /**
     * Returns the font for the element with the given set of classes.
     *
     * @param el        element.
     * @param classes   classes.
     *
     * @return the font object or <code>NULL</code> if the default should be used.
     */
    Font getFont(String el, String[] classes);

    /**
     * Returns the color for the element with the given set of classes.
     *
     * @param el        element.
     * @param classes   classes.
     *
     * @return the color or <code>NULL</code> if the default should be used.
     */
    Color getColor(String el, String[] classes);

    /**
     * Returns the icon for the element with the given set of classes.
     *
     * @param el        element.
     * @param classes   classes.
     *
     * @return the icon or <code>NULL</code> if the default should be used.
     *
     * @throws IOException if loading of icon failed.
     */
    Icon getIcon(String el, String[] classes) throws IOException;
}