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package java.beans;

/**

* A customizer class provides a complete custom GUI for customizing

* a target Java Bean.

* <P>

* Each customizer should inherit from the java.awt.Component class so

* it can be instantiated inside an AWT dialog or panel.

* <P>

* 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);

}