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package ajava.beans;
/**
* A customizer class provides a complete custom GUI for customizing
* a target Java Bean.
*
* Each customizer should inherit from the java.awt.Component class so
* it can be instantiated inside an AWT dialog or panel.
*
* Each customizer should have a null constructor.
*/
public interface Customizer {
/**
* Set the object to be customized. This method should be called only
* once, before the Customizer has been added to any parent AWT container.
* @param bean The object to be customized.
*/
void setObject(Object bean);
/**
* Register a listener for the PropertyChange event. The customizer
* should fire a PropertyChange event whenever it changes the target
* bean in a way that might require the displayed properties to be
* refreshed.
*
* @param listener An object to be invoked when a PropertyChange
* event is fired.
*/
void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener);
/**
* Remove a listener for the PropertyChange event.
*
* @param listener The PropertyChange listener to be removed.
*/
void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener);
}