/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2004 Actuate Corporation. All rights reserved. This
 * program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of
 * the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is
 * available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 * 
 * Contributors: Actuate Corporation - initial API and implementation
 ******************************************************************************/

package org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.views.attributes.widget;

import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Image;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control;

/**
 * Keeps models and processes image conversion for a given model.
 */
public interface IComboProvider
{

	/**
	 * Gets a image that has the given width and height for a given model
	 * object.
	 * 
	 * @param item
	 *            The model object.
	 * @param width
	 *            The width of the image.
	 * @param height
	 *            The height of the image.
	 * @param control
	 *            The control that has the image.
	 * @param parent
	 *            The parent control of the image control.
	 * @return An image object.
	 */
	Image getImage( Object item, int width, int height, Control control,
			Control parent );

	/**
	 * Gets the models.
	 * 
	 * @return The array contains model objects.
	 */
	Object[] getItems( );

	/**
	 * Sets models.
	 * 
	 * @param items
	 *            The array contains model objects.
	 */
	void setItems( Object[] items );
}