2.1/user/src/com/google/gwt/user/client/ui/HasWidgets.java

/*
 * Copyright 2007 Google Inc.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
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 * 
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package com.google.gwt.user.client.ui;

import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * A widget that implements this interface contains
 * {@link com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget widgets} and can enumerate them.
 */
public interface HasWidgets extends Iterable<Widget> {

  /**
   * Extends this interface with convenience methods to handle {@link IsWidget}.
   */
  interface ForIsWidget extends HasWidgets {
    void add(IsWidget w);

    boolean remove(IsWidget w);
  }

  /**
   * Adds a child widget.
   * 
   * @param w the widget to be added
   * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if this method is not supported (most
   *           often this means that a specific overload must be called)
   */
  void add(Widget w);

  /**
   * Removes all child widgets.
   */
  void clear();

  /**
   * Gets an iterator for the contained widgets. This iterator is required to
   * implement {@link Iterator#remove()}.
   */
  Iterator<Widget> iterator();

  /**
   * Removes a child widget.
   * 
   * @param w the widget to be removed
   * @return <code>true</code> if the widget was present
   */
  boolean remove(Widget w);
}