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The JGoodies Binding library connects object properties to Swing user interface components. And it helps you represent the state and behavior of a presentation independently of the GUI components used in the interface.
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package com.jgoodies.binding.value;

import com.jgoodies.common.bean.ObservableBean2;



/**
 * Describes bound properties for the frequently used JComponent state
 * enabled,visible and JTextComponent state editable.
 *
 * @author Karsten Lentzsch
 * @version $Revision: 1.15 $
 *
 * @see ComponentValueModel
 *
 * @since 2.4
 */
public interface ComponentModel extends ObservableBean2 {

    // Property Names *********************************************************

    /**
     * The name of the property used to synchronize
     * this model with the enabled property of JComponents.
     */
    String PROPERTY_ENABLED  = "enabled";

    /**
     * The name of the property used to synchronize
     * this model with the visible property of JComponents.
     */
    String PROPERTY_VISIBLE  = "visible";

    /**
     * The name of the property used to synchronize
     * this model with the editable property of JTextComponents.
     */
    String PROPERTY_EDITABLE = "editable";


    // Properties *************************************************************

    /**
     * Returns if this model represents an enabled or disabled component state.
     *
     * @return true for enabled, false for disabled
     */
    boolean isEnabled();


    /**
     * Enables or disabled this model, which in turn
     * will enable or disable all Swing components bound to this model.
     *
     * @param b true to enable, false to disable.
     */
    void setEnabled(boolean b);


    /**
     * Returns if this model represents the visible or invisible component state.
     *
     * @return true for visible, false for invisible
     */
    boolean isVisible();


    /**
     * Sets this model state to visible or invisible, which in turn
     * will make all Swing components bound to this model visible or invisible.
     *
     * @param b    true for visible, false for invisible
     */
    void setVisible(boolean b);


    /**
     * Returns if this model represents the editable or non-editable
     * text component state.
     *
     * @return true for editable, false for non-editable
     */
    boolean isEditable();


    /**
     * Sets this model state to editable or non-editable, which in turn will
     * make all text components bound to this model editable or non-editable.
     *
     * @param b    true for editable, false for non-editable
     */
    void setEditable(boolean b);


}