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+/*
+ * Copyright 1996-1998 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+package java.beans;
+
+/**
+ * Under some circumstances a bean may be run on servers where a GUI
+ * is not available.  This interface can be used to query a bean to
+ * determine whether it absolutely needs a gui, and to advise the
+ * bean whether a GUI is available.
+ * <p>
+ * This interface is for expert developers, and is not needed
+ * for normal simple beans.  To avoid confusing end-users we
+ * avoid using getXXX setXXX design patterns for these methods.
+ */
+
+public interface Visibility {
+
+    /**
+     * Determines whether this bean needs a GUI.
+     *
+     * @return True if the bean absolutely needs a GUI available in
+     *          order to get its work done.
+     */
+    boolean needsGui();
+
+    /**
+     * This method instructs the bean that it should not use the Gui.
+     */
+    void dontUseGui();
+
+    /**
+     * This method instructs the bean that it is OK to use the Gui.
+     */
+    void okToUseGui();
+
+    /**
+     * Determines whether this bean is avoiding using a GUI.
+     *
+     * @return true if the bean is currently avoiding use of the Gui.
+     *   e.g. due to a call on dontUseGui().
+     */
+    boolean avoidingGui();
+
+}