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package com.jgoodies.forms.layout;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.util.List;
/**
* An interface that describes sizes as used by the {@link FormLayout}:
* component measuring sizes, constant sizes with value and unit,
* and bounded sizes that provide lower and upper bounds for a size.<p>
*
* You can find a motivation for the different <code>Size</code> types in
* the Forms article that is part of the product documentation and that is
* available online too, see
* <a href="http://www.jgoodies.com/articles/forms.pdf" >
* http://www.jgoodies.com/articles/forms.pdf</a>.
*
* @author Karsten Lentzsch
* @version $Revision$
*
* @see Sizes
* @see ConstantSize
*/
public interface Size {
/**
* Computes and returns my maximum size applied to the given list of
* components using the specified measures.<p>
*
* Invoked by {@link com.jgoodies.forms.layout.FormSpec} to determine
* the size of a column or row. This method is not intended to be called
* by API users, and it uses API invisible parameter types.
*
* @param container the layout container
* @param components the list of components used to compute the size
* @param minMeasure the measure that determines the minimum sizes
* @param prefMeasure the measure that determines the preferred sizes
* @param defaultMeasure the measure that determines the default sizes
* @return the maximum size in pixels for the given list of components
*/
int maximumSize(Container container, List components,
FormLayout.Measure minMeasure, FormLayout.Measure prefMeasure,
FormLayout.Measure defaultMeasure);
}