awt/java/awt/im/spi/InputMethod.java

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/**
 * @author Pavel Dolgov
 * @version $Revision$
 */
package java.awt.im.spi;

import java.awt.AWTEvent;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.util.Locale;

public interface InputMethod {

    public void activate();

    public void deactivate(boolean isTemporary);

    public void dispatchEvent(AWTEvent event);

    public void dispose();

    public void endComposition();

    public Object getControlObject();

    public Locale getLocale();

    public void hideWindows();

    public boolean isCompositionEnabled();

    public void notifyClientWindowChange(Rectangle bounds);

    public void reconvert();

    public void removeNotify();

    public void setCharacterSubsets(Character.Subset[] subsets);

    public void setCompositionEnabled(boolean enable);

    public void setInputMethodContext(InputMethodContext context);

    public boolean setLocale(Locale locale);
}