// AID-GENERATED
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//  This file is part of the AIDA library
//  Copyright (C) 2002 by the AIDA team.  All rights reserved.
//  This library is free software and under the terms of the
//  GNU Library General Public License described in the LGPL.txt 
package hep.aida;


/**
 * A style to control the border around scene parts. It is an ILineStyle with additionally
 * a type to control the look of the border: "bevel in", "shadow", "ethched" etc etc.
 *
 * @author The AIDA team (http://aida.freehep.org/)
 */

public interface IBorderStyle extends ILineStyle {

  /**
   * Get list of border types supported by this implementation.
   */
    public String[] availableBorderTypes();

  /**
   * Set current border type e.g. "ethched", "shadow".
   * @return false if border type is not known to this implementation.
   */
    public boolean setBorderType(String newBorderType);

  /**
   * Get border type currently in use.
   */
    public String borderType();
} // class or interface