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package java.awt.dnd;

import java.lang.annotation.Native;

/**
 * This class contains constant values representing
 * the type of action(s) to be performed by a Drag and Drop operation.
 * @since 1.2
 */
public final class DnDConstants {

    private DnDConstants() {
    } // define null private constructor.

    /**
     * An {@code int} representing no action.
     */
    @Native
    public static final int ACTION_NONE = 0x0;

    /**
     * An {@code int} representing a "copy" action.
     */
    @Native
    public static final int ACTION_COPY = 0x1;

    /**
     * An {@code int} representing a "move" action.
     */
    @Native
    public static final int ACTION_MOVE = 0x2;

    /**
     * An {@code int} representing a "copy" or
     * "move" action.
     */
    @Native
    public static final int ACTION_COPY_OR_MOVE = ACTION_COPY | ACTION_MOVE;

    /**
     * An {@code int} representing a "link" action.
     *
     * The link verb is found in many, if not all native DnD platforms, and the
     * actual interpretation of LINK semantics is both platform
     * and application dependent. Broadly speaking, the
     * semantic is "do not copy, or move the operand, but create a reference
     * to it". Defining the meaning of "reference" is where ambiguity is
     * introduced.
     *
     * The verb is provided for completeness, but its use is not recommended
     * for DnD operations between logically distinct applications where
     * misinterpretation of the operations semantics could lead to confusing
     * results for the user.
     */

    @Native
    public static final int ACTION_LINK = 0x40000000;

    /**
     * An {@code int} representing a "reference"
     * action (synonym for ACTION_LINK).
     */
    @Native
    public static final int ACTION_REFERENCE = ACTION_LINK;

}