protected void rememberFigures(FigureEnumeration toBeRemembered) {
   myAffectedFigures = new Vector();
   myAffectedFiguresCount = 0;
   while (toBeRemembered.hasMoreElements()) {
     myAffectedFigures.addElement(toBeRemembered.nextElement());
     myAffectedFiguresCount++;
   }
 }