fop/fop-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fop/layoutmgr/BreakOpportunity.java

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/* $Id$ */

package org.apache.fop.layoutmgr;

/**
 * Defines methods to evaluate break opportunities at a particular location in the tree of
 * layout managers.
 */
public interface BreakOpportunity {

    /**
     * Returns the highest priority break-before value on this layout manager or its
     * relevant descendants.
     *
     * @return the break-before value (Constants.EN_*)
     */
    int getBreakBefore();

}