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package com.google.gwt.i18n.client;
/**
* A widget that implements this interface has the ability to override
* the document directionality for its root element.
*
* Widgets that implement this interface should be leaf widgets. More
* specifically, they should not implement the
* {@link com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.HasWidgets} interface.
*/
public interface HasDirection {
/**
* Possible return values for {@link HasDirection#getDirection()} and parameter values for
* {@link HasDirection#setDirection(Direction)}.Widgets that implement this interface can
* either have a direction that is right-to-left (RTL), left-to-right (LTR), or default
* (which means that their directionality is inherited from their parent widget).
*/
enum Direction { RTL, LTR, DEFAULT }
/**
* Sets the directionality for a widget.
*
* @param direction RTL if the directionality should be set to right-to-left,
* LTR if the directionality should be set to left-to-right
* DEFAULT if the directionality should not be explicitly set
*/
void setDirection(Direction direction);
/**
* Gets the directionality of the widget.
*
* @return RTL if the directionality is right-to-left,
* LTR if the directionality is left-to-right, or
* DEFAULT if the directionality is not explicitly specified
*/
Direction getDirection();
}