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package com.sun.midp.lcdui;

import javax.microedition.lcdui.Displayable;

/**
 * This class provides methods to abstract the central foreground control
 * code from the the LCDUI library.
 */
public interface ForegroundController {
    /**
     * Called to register a newly created Display. Must method must
     * be called before the other methods can be called.
     *
     * @param displayId ID of the Display
     * @param ownerClassName Class name of the that owns the display
     *
     * @return a place holder displayable to used when "getCurrent()==null",
     *         if null is returned an empty form is used
     */
    /*
     * Implementation note: If an general customization interface is
     * created for LCDUI to replace the build time constants based system, the
     * displayable creation function of the method should be moved to it.
     */
    Displayable registerDisplay(int displayId, String ownerClassName);

    /**
     * Called to request the foreground.
     *
     * @param displayId ID of the Display
     * @param isAlert true if the current displayable is an Alert
     */
    void requestForeground(int displayId, boolean isAlert);

    /**
     * Called to request the background.
     *
     * @param displayId ID of the Display
     */
    void requestBackground(int displayId);

    /**
     * Called to start preempting. The given display will preempt all other
     * displays for this isolate.
     *
     * @param displayId ID of the Display
     */
    void startPreempting(int displayId);

    /**
     * Called to stop preempting.
     *
     * @param displayId ID of the Display
     */
    void stopPreempting(int displayId);
}