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package java.beans;

import java.applet.Applet;

import java.beans.beancontext.BeanContext;

/**

 * <p>

 * This interface is designed to work in collusion with java.beans.Beans.instantiate.

 * The interface is intended to provide mechanism to allow the proper

 * initialization of JavaBeans that are also Applets, during their

 * instantiation by java.beans.Beans.instantiate().

 * </p>

 *

 * @see java.beans.Beans#instantiate

 *

 * @since 1.2

 *

 */

public interface AppletInitializer {

    /**

     * <p>

     * If passed to the appropriate variant of java.beans.Beans.instantiate

     * this method will be called in order to associate the newly instantiated

     * Applet (JavaBean) with its AppletContext, AppletStub, and Container.

     * </p>

     * <p>

     * Conformant implementations shall:

     * <ol>

     * <li> Associate the newly instantiated Applet with the appropriate

     * AppletContext.

     *

     * <li> Instantiate an AppletStub() and associate that AppletStub with

     * the Applet via an invocation of setStub().

     *

     * <li> If BeanContext parameter is null, then it shall associate the

     * Applet with its appropriate Container by adding that Applet to its

     * Container via an invocation of add(). If the BeanContext parameter is

     * non-null, then it is the responsibility of the BeanContext to associate

     * the Applet with its Container during the subsequent invocation of its

     * addChildren() method.

     * </ol>

     *

     * @param newAppletBean  The newly instantiated JavaBean

     * @param bCtxt          The BeanContext intended for this Applet, or

     *                       null.

     */

    void initialize(Applet newAppletBean, BeanContext bCtxt);

    /**

     * <p>

     * Activate, and/or mark Applet active. Implementors of this interface

     * shall mark this Applet as active, and optionally invoke its start()

     * method.

     * </p>

     *

     * @param newApplet  The newly instantiated JavaBean

     */

    void activate(Applet newApplet);

}