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+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2014 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.intellij.ui.components;
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.ActionCallback;
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.Pair;
+import com.intellij.ui.JBCardLayout;
+
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+/**
+ * @author Konstantin Bulenkov
+ */
+public class JBSlidingPanel extends JBPanel {
+  private final ArrayList<Pair<String,Component>> mySlides = new ArrayList<Pair<String, Component>>();
+  private int mySelectedIndex = -1;
+
+  public JBSlidingPanel() {
+    setLayout(new JBCardLayout());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public JBCardLayout getLayout() {
+    return (JBCardLayout)super.getLayout();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Component add(String name, Component comp) {
+    mySlides.add(Pair.create(name, comp));
+    if (mySelectedIndex == -1) {
+      mySelectedIndex = 0;
+    }
+    return super.add(name, comp);
+  }
+
+  public ActionCallback goLeft() {
+    if (mySelectedIndex == 0) {
+      return ActionCallback.REJECTED;
+    }
+    mySelectedIndex--;
+    return applySlide(JBCardLayout.SwipeDirection.BACKWARD);
+  }
+
+  public ActionCallback swipe(String id, JBCardLayout.SwipeDirection direction) {
+    final ActionCallback done = new ActionCallback();
+    getLayout().swipe(this, id, direction, new Runnable() {
+      @Override
+      public void run() {
+        done.setDone();
+      }
+    });
+    return done;
+  }
+
+  public ActionCallback goRight() {
+    if (mySelectedIndex == mySlides.size() - 1) {
+      return ActionCallback.REJECTED;
+    }
+    mySelectedIndex++;
+    return applySlide(JBCardLayout.SwipeDirection.FORWARD);
+  }
+
+  private ActionCallback applySlide(JBCardLayout.SwipeDirection direction) {
+    final ActionCallback callback = new ActionCallback();
+    getLayout().swipe(this, mySlides.get(mySelectedIndex).first, direction, new Runnable() {
+      @Override
+      public void run() {
+        callback.setDone();
+      }
+    });
+    return callback;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  @Deprecated
+  public Component add(Component comp) {
+    throw new AddMethodIsNotSupportedException();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  @Deprecated
+  public Component add(Component comp, int index) {
+    throw new AddMethodIsNotSupportedException();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  @Deprecated
+  public void add(Component comp, Object constraints) {
+    throw new AddMethodIsNotSupportedException();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  @Deprecated
+  public void add(Component comp, Object constraints, int index) {
+    throw new AddMethodIsNotSupportedException();
+  }
+
+  private static class AddMethodIsNotSupportedException extends RuntimeException {
+    public AddMethodIsNotSupportedException() {
+      super("Use add(String, Component) method");
+    }
+  }
+}