platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/options/UnnamedConfigurable.java

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package com.intellij.openapi.options;

import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

import javax.swing.*;

/**
 * Component which provides a configuration user interface.
 *
 * @author lesya
 */
public interface UnnamedConfigurable {
  /**
   * Returns the user interface component for editing the configuration.
   *
   * @return the component instance.
   */
  @Nullable
  JComponent createComponent();

  /**
   * Checks if the settings in the user interface component were modified by the user and
   * need to be saved.
   *
   * @return true if the settings were modified, false otherwise.
   */
  boolean isModified();

  /**
   * Store the settings from configurable to other components.
   */
  void apply() throws ConfigurationException;

  /**
   * Load settings from other components to configurable.
   */
  void reset();

  /**
   * Disposes the Swing components used for displaying the configuration.
   */
  void disposeUIResources();
}