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package org.apache.fop.area;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.fop.datastructs.Node;
import org.apache.fop.fo.FONode;
import org.apache.fop.fo.flow.FoPageSequence;

/**
 * This is an abstract reference area for the page regions - currently
 * region-body, region-before, region-after, region-start and region-end.
 * It is cloneable through the ReferenceArea interface implementation.
 */
public abstract class RegionRefArea
extends BlockReferenceArea
implements ReferenceArea {
    
    // the list of block areas from the static flow
    private ArrayList blocks = new ArrayList();

    /**
     * Creates a new region reference area, without a defined rectangular area
     * @param pageSeq the generating page sequence
     * @param generatedBy the generating node; in this case, the page sequence
     * @param parent the associated viewport area
     * @param sync
     */
    public RegionRefArea(
            FoPageSequence pageSeq,
            FONode generatedBy,
            Node parent,
            Object sync) {
        super(pageSeq, generatedBy, parent, sync);
    }

    /**
     * Get the block in this region.
     *
     * @return the list of blocks in this region
     */
    public List getBlocks() {
        return blocks;
    }

}