/*
 * Java-Gnome Bindings Library
 *
 * Copyright 1998-2004 the Java-Gnome Team, all rights reserved.
 *
 * The Java-Gnome bindings library is free software distributed under
 * the terms of the GNU Library General Public License version 2.
 */

package org.gnu.gtk;

import org.gnu.glib.Type;
import org.gnu.glib.Handle;

/**
 * VBox is a container widget that organizes its contained widgets vertically.
 * Most manipulation methods are part of the super class, Box
 * 
 * @see Box
 * @see HBox
 */
public class VBox extends Box {
    /**
     * Constructs a new VBox widget
     * 
     * @param homogenous
     *            TRUE if all children are to be given equal space allotments.
     * @param spacing
     *            The number of pixels to place by default between children.
     */
    public VBox(boolean homogenous, int spacing) {
        super(gtk_vbox_new(homogenous, spacing));
    }

    /**
     * Construct a VBox widget from a handle to a native resource.
     */
    public VBox(Handle handle) {
        super(handle);
    }

    /**
     * Construct a VBox widget from a handle to a native resource.
     */
    public static VBox getVBox(Handle handle) {
        if (handle == null)
            return null;

        VBox obj = (VBox) getGObjectFromHandle(handle);
        if (obj == null)
            obj = new VBox(handle);

        return obj;
    }

    /**
     * Retrieve the runtime type used by the GLib library.
     */
    public static Type getType() {
        return new Type(gtk_vbox_get_type());
    }

    native static final protected int gtk_vbox_get_type();

    native static final protected Handle gtk_vbox_new(boolean homogenous,
            int spacing);
}