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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 ZXing authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.google.zxing.web.generator.client;
+
+import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Grid;
+import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget;
+
+/**
+ * Base interface for any generator.
+ *
+ * @author Yohann Coppel
+ */
+public interface GeneratorSource {
+ /**
+ * @return a GWT Grid object, containing the GUI.
+ */
+ public Grid getWidget();
+ /**
+ * @return the name of the generator to be used in the GUI.
+ */
+ public String getName();
+ /**
+ * @return the text to be encoded into the QR code.
+ * @throws GeneratorException if the input data contains errors.
+ */
+ public String getText() throws GeneratorException;
+ /**
+ * @param widget the widget that was last modified, and that we want to
+ * validate the content.
+ * @throws GeneratorException if the widget contains errors.
+ */
+ public void validate(Widget widget) throws GeneratorException;
+ /**
+ * Called when the generator is selected in the list. Using this method,
+ * the generator should set the focus to the first widget it defines.
+ */
+ public void setFocus();
+}