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package org.richfaces.fragment.switchable;

import org.richfaces.fragment.common.picker.ChoicePicker;

/**
 * Represents a switchable component. That is component which consists from multiple panels,
 * and it is possible to switch among them. For example: tabPanel, accordion etc.
 *
 * @author jhuska
 *
 * @param <T> the container type, for example TabPanel has Tabs etc.
 *            Its purpose is to hold the actual content of the panel
 *            and provide it in form of initialized page object.
 */
public interface SwitchableComponent<T extends ComponentContainer> {

    /**
     * Switches to the container according to the given <code>picker</code> rules.
     *
     * @param  picker
     * @return initialized container of this switchable component, which was switched into
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if there is no container which satisfies picker rules
     */
    T switchTo(ChoicePicker picker);

    /**
     * Switches to the container which text representation of header equals to given <code>header</code>.
     *
     * @param  header
     * @return initialized container of this switchable component, which was switched into
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if there is no container with such a <code>header</code>
     */
    T switchTo(String header);

    /**
     * Switches to the container which index is equal to the given <code>index</code>
     *
     * @param index index of the container to be switched to
     * @return initialized container of this switchable component, which was switched into
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if there is no container with such an <code>index</code>
     */
    T switchTo(int index);
}