//
// $Id: Element.java,v 1.4 2001/11/30 22:57:31 mdb Exp $
// 
// viztool - a tool for visualizing collections of java classes
// Copyright (C) 2001 Michael Bayne
// 
// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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// Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your
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// 
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
// WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
// General Public License for more details.
// 
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package com.samskivert.viztool.layout;

import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;

/**
 * A page is composed of elements which have some rectangular bounds.
 * They can be laid out by <code>ElementLayout</code> implementations in a
 * general purpose way.
 */
public interface Element
{
    /**
     * Returns the name of this element.
     */
    public String getName ();

    /**
     * Returns the bounds of this element.
     */
    public Rectangle2D getBounds ();

    /**
     * Sets the bounds of this element.
     */
    public void setBounds (double x, double y, double width, double height);
}
