/* java.beans.DesignMode   Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.This file is part of GNU Classpath.GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modifyit under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published bythe Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)any later version. GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, butWITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty ofMERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNUGeneral Public License for more details.You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public Licensealong with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to theFree Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA02111-1307 USA.Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules ismaking a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms andconditions of the GNU General Public License cover the wholecombination.As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give youpermission to link this library with independent modules to produce anexecutable, regardless of the license terms of these independentmodules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable underterms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linkedindependent module, the terms and conditions of the license of thatmodule.  An independent module is a module which is not derived fromor based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extendthis exception to your version of the library, but you are notobligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete thisexception statement from your version. */package java.beans;/** * <code>BeanContextChild</code> implementors implement this to get information about whether they are in a design time or runtime environment. * The reason this is restricted to <code>BeanContextChild</code>ren is that * only things in the <code>BeanContext</code> hierarchy are given this * information in the first place. * * @author John Keiser * @since JDK1.2 * @see java.beans.beancontext.BeanContextChild */public interface DesignMode {	/**	 * Use this name when firing <code>PropertyChangeEvent</code>s from your Bean.  	 * @fixme Check whether PROPERTYNAME is set to same value as Sun.	 */	public static final String PROPERTYNAME = "designTime";	/**	 * The environment will call this method on your	 * <code>BeanContextChild</code> when it is registered in a parent	 * <code>BeanContext</code> or when behavior needs to switch from	 * design time to runtime behavior (or vice versa).	 * <P>	 *	 * <code>BeanContext</code>s are required to fire	 * <code>PropertyChangeEvent</code>s when properties change.	 * <code>designTime</code> is a property, and therefore when you	 * implement <code>setDesignTime()</code>, you need to fire a	 * <code>PropertyChangeEvent</code> with the old value, the new	 * value and using <code>PROPERTYNAME</code> as the property name.	 *	 * @param designTime the new value of design time,	 *        <code>true</code> if it is design time,	 *        <code>false</code> if it is runtime.	 *	 * @fixme I'm frankly not really sure whether it's the case that	 *        the BeanContext can <em>change</em> the status of the Bean from	 *        design time to runtime.  But it appears that it may be so.	 *	 * @see java.util.PropertyChangeEvent	 * @see java.beans.beancontext.BeanContext	 * @see #PROPERTYNAME	 */	public void setDesignTime(boolean designTime);	/**	 * This method should tell whether it is design time or runtime.	 * @return <code>true</code> if design time, <code>false</code> if	 *         runtime.	 */	public boolean isDesignTime();}