/*
 * This file is part of WebLookAndFeel library.
 *
 * WebLookAndFeel library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 */

package com.alee.managers.drag;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;

/**
 * Special interface that describes single object type drag representation.
 *
 * @author Mikle Garin
 * @see com.alee.managers.drag.DragManager
 */

public interface DragViewHandler<T>
{
    /**
     * Returns object flavor that can be used to retrieve dragged object.
     *
     * @return object flavor that can be used to retrieve dragged object
     */
    public DataFlavor getObjectFlavor ();

    /**
     * Returns image object representation.
     *
     * @param object object to create image representation for
     * @return image object representation
     */
    public BufferedImage getView ( T object );

    /**
     * Returns image object representation location relative to mouse location.
     *
     * @param object object return image representation location for
     * @return image object representation location relative to mouse location
     */
    public Point getViewRelativeLocation ( T object );
}