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+//
+// $Id: SwingSceneViewPanel.java,v 1.1 2002/01/08 22:19:29 shaper Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.miso.scene;
+
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.awt.Dimension;
+import java.awt.Graphics;
+import java.awt.Rectangle;
+
+import javax.swing.JComponent;
+
+import com.samskivert.util.Config;
+
+import com.threerings.media.sprite.AnimatedPanel;
+import com.threerings.media.sprite.DirtyRectList;
+import com.threerings.media.sprite.SpriteManager;
+import com.threerings.miso.util.MisoUtil;
+
+/**
+ * The swing scene view panel is responsible for managing a {@link
+ * SceneView}, rendering it to the screen, and handling view-related UI
+ * events.
+ *
+ * <p> This class is nearly identical to {@link SceneViewPanel} excepting
+ * that it extends {@link JComponent} rather than {@link
+ * com.threerings.media.sprite.AnimatedPanel}, which allows it to be used
+ * in applications like the scene editor that may need to have menus and
+ * tooltips displayed properly when overlapping the scene view, and that
+ * do not depend on use of the animation manager to refresh the display.
+ */
+public class SwingSceneViewPanel extends JComponent
+    implements IsoSceneViewModelListener
+{
+    /**
+     * Constructs the scene view panel.
+     */
+    public SwingSceneViewPanel (Config config, SpriteManager spritemgr)
+    {
+        // create the data model for the scene view
+        _viewmodel = new IsoSceneViewModel(config);
+
+        // listen to the iso scene view model to receive notice when
+        // the scene display has changed and needs must be repainted
+        _viewmodel.addListener(this);
+
+	// create the scene view
+        _view = newSceneView(spritemgr, _viewmodel);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the iso scene view model associated with this panel.
+     */
+    public IsoSceneViewModel getModel ()
+    {
+        return _viewmodel;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs the underlying scene view implementation.
+     */
+    protected IsoSceneView newSceneView (
+	SpriteManager smgr, IsoSceneViewModel model)
+    {
+        return new IsoSceneView(smgr, model);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the scene managed by the panel.
+     */
+    public void setScene (DisplayMisoScene scene)
+    {
+	_view.setScene(scene);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the scene managed by the panel.
+     */
+    public SceneView getSceneView ()
+    {
+	return _view;
+    }
+
+    // documentation inherited
+    public void paintComponent (Graphics g)
+    {
+        super.paintComponent(g);
+        _view.paint(g);
+    }
+
+    // documentation inherited
+    public void invalidateRects (DirtyRectList rects)
+    {
+        // pass the invalid rects on to our scene view
+        _view.invalidateRects(rects);
+    }
+
+    // documentation inherited
+    public void invalidateRect (Rectangle rect)
+    {
+        _view.invalidateRect(rect);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the desired size for the panel based on the requested
+     * and calculated bounds of the scene view.
+     */
+    public Dimension getPreferredSize ()
+    {
+        Dimension psize = (_viewmodel == null) ?
+            super.getPreferredSize() : _viewmodel.bounds.getSize();
+	return psize;
+    }
+
+    // documentation inherited
+    public void viewChanged (int event)
+    {
+        // update the scene view display
+        repaint();
+    }
+
+    /** The scene view data model. */
+    protected IsoSceneViewModel _viewmodel;
+
+    /** The scene view we're managing. */
+    protected SceneView _view;
+}