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Jface operations
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1 /*******************************************************************************
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2 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
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3 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
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4 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
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5 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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6 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
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7 *
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8 * Contributors:
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9 * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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10 * Port to the D programming language:
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11 * Frank Benoit <benoit@tionex.de>
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12 *******************************************************************************/
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13 module dwtx.jface.operation.IRunnableContext;
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15 import dwtx.jface.operation.IRunnableWithProgress;
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17 import dwt.dwthelper.utils;
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19 /**
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20 * Interface for UI components which can execute a long-running operation
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21 * in the form of an <code>IRunnableWithProgress</code>.
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22 * The context is responsible for displaying a progress indicator and Cancel
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23 * button to the end user while the operation is in progress; the context
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24 * supplies a progress monitor to be used from code running inside the operation.
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25 * Note that an <code>IRunnableContext</code> is not a runnable itself.
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26 * <p>
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27 * For examples of UI components which implement this interface,
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28 * see <code>ApplicationWindow</code>, <code>ProgressMonitorDialog</code>,
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29 * and <code>WizardDialog</code>.
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30 * </p>
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31 *
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32 * @see IRunnableWithProgress
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33 * @see dwtx.jface.window.ApplicationWindow
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34 * @see dwtx.jface.dialogs.ProgressMonitorDialog
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35 * @see dwtx.jface.wizard.WizardDialog
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36 */
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37 public interface IRunnableContext {
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38 /**
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39 * <p>
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40 * Runs the given <code>IRunnableWithProgress</code> in this context.
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41 * For example, if this is a <code>ProgressMonitorDialog</code> then the runnable
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42 * is run using this dialog's progress monitor.
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43 * </p>
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44 * <p>
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45 * If <code>fork</code> is <code>false</code>, the current thread is used
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46 * to run the runnable. Note that if <code>fork</code> is <code>true</code>,
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47 * it is unspecified whether or not this method blocks until the runnable
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48 * has been run. Implementers should document whether the runnable is run
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49 * synchronously (blocking) or asynchronously (non-blocking), or if no
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50 * assumption can be made about the blocking behaviour.
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51 * </p>
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52 *
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53 * @param fork <code>true</code> if the runnable should be run in a separate thread,
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54 * and <code>false</code> to run in the same thread
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55 * @param cancelable <code>true</code> to enable the cancelation, and
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56 * <code>false</code> to make the operation uncancellable
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57 * @param runnable the runnable to run
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58 *
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59 * @exception InvocationTargetException wraps any exception or error which occurs
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60 * while running the runnable
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61 * @exception InterruptedException propagated by the context if the runnable
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62 * acknowledges cancelation by throwing this exception. This should not be thrown
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63 * if cancelable is <code>false</code>.
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64 */
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65 public void run(bool fork, bool cancelable,
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66 IRunnableWithProgress runnable);
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67 }