org.mihalis.opal/src/main/java/org/mihalis/opal/preferenceWindow/PWContainer.java

/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2011 Laurent CARON
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     Laurent CARON (laurent.caron at gmail dot com) - Initial implementation and API
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.mihalis.opal.preferenceWindow;

import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
import org.mihalis.opal.preferenceWindow.widgets.PWWidget;

/**
 * Abstract class for "Containers" (row, group and tab).
 */
public abstract class PWContainer {

	/**
	 * Add a container to the current element.
	 *
	 * @param element element to add
	 * @return the container
	 */
	public abstract PWContainer add(final PWContainer element);

	/**
	 * Add a widget to the current element.
	 *
	 * @param widget widget to add
	 * @return the container
	 */
	public abstract PWContainer add(final PWWidget widget);

	/**
	 * Build the content of the container.
	 *
	 * @param parent parent composite
	 */
	public abstract void build(final Composite parent);

}