user/src/com/google/gwt/user/client/ui/HasVerticalAlignment.java

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 * Copyright 2008 Google Inc.
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package com.google.gwt.user.client.ui;

/**
 * Characteristic interface which indicates that a widget has an associated
 * vertical alignment.
 */
public interface HasVerticalAlignment {

  /**
   * Horizontal alignment constant.
   */
  public static class VerticalAlignmentConstant {
    private String verticalAlignString;

    private VerticalAlignmentConstant(String verticalAlignString) {
      this.verticalAlignString = verticalAlignString;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the CSS 'vertical-align' string associated with this constant.
     * 
     * @return the CSS 'vertical-align' value
     */
    public String getVerticalAlignString() {
      return verticalAlignString;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Specifies that the widget's contents should be aligned to the bottom.
   */
  VerticalAlignmentConstant ALIGN_BOTTOM = new VerticalAlignmentConstant(
    "bottom");

  /**
   * Specifies that the widget's contents should be aligned in the middle.
   */
  VerticalAlignmentConstant ALIGN_MIDDLE = new VerticalAlignmentConstant(
    "middle");

  /**
   * Specifies that the widget's contents should be aligned to the top.
   */
  VerticalAlignmentConstant ALIGN_TOP = new VerticalAlignmentConstant(
    "top");

  /**
   * Gets the vertical alignment.
   * 
   * @return the current vertical alignment.
   */
  VerticalAlignmentConstant getVerticalAlignment();

  /**
   * Sets the vertical alignment.
   * 
   * @param align the vertical alignment (
   *          {@link HasVerticalAlignment#ALIGN_TOP},
   *          {@link HasVerticalAlignment#ALIGN_MIDDLE}, or
   *          {@link HasVerticalAlignment#ALIGN_BOTTOM}).
   */
  void setVerticalAlignment(VerticalAlignmentConstant align);
}