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1 /*******************************************************************************
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2 * Copyright (c) 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.core.commands.operations.IAdvancedUndoableOperation2;
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15 import dwtx.core.commands.ExecutionException;
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16 import dwtx.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
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17 import dwtx.core.runtime.IStatus;
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19 import dwt.dwthelper.utils;
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21 /**
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22 * <p>
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23 * IAdvancedUndoableOperation2 defines a method for computing the validity of
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24 * executing an operation before attempting to execute it. It also defines a way
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25 * for clients to specify that computing status should be done quietly, without
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26 * consulting the user. This interface is useful when implementing
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27 * {@link IOperationApprover2}, or any other object that performs validation of
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28 * the undo history. It also allows operations to specify whether they should be
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29 * run in the UI thread.
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30 * </p>
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31 *
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32 * @since 3.3
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33 *
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34 */
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35 public interface IAdvancedUndoableOperation2 {
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36 /**
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37 * Return a status indicating the projected outcome of executing the
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38 * receiver.
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39 *
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40 * This method should be used to report the possible outcome of executing an
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41 * operation when computing the validity of an execute is too expensive to
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42 * perform in {@link IUndoableOperation#canExecute()}. It is not called by
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43 * the operation history, but instead is used by clients (such as
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44 * implementers of {@link IOperationApprover2}) who wish to perform
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45 * advanced validation of an operation before attempting to execute it.
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46 *
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47 * If the result of this method is the discovery that an operation can in
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48 * fact not be executed, then the operation is expected to correctly answer
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49 * <code>false</code> on subsequent calls to
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50 * {@link IUndoableOperation#canExecute()}.
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51 *
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52 * @param monitor
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53 * the progress monitor (or <code>null</code>) to use for
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54 * reporting progress to the user while computing the validity.
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55 *
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56 * @return the IStatus indicating the validity of the execute. The status
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57 * severity should be set to <code>OK</code> if the execute can
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58 * successfully be performed, and <code>ERROR</code> if it cannot.
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59 * Any other severity is assumed to represent an ambiguous state.
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60 * @throws ExecutionException
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61 * if an exception occurs while computing the validity.
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62 */
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63 IStatus computeExecutionStatus(IProgressMonitor monitor);
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65 /**
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66 * Set a bool that instructs whether the computation of the receiver's
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67 * execution, undo, or redo status should quietly compute status without
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68 * consulting or prompting the user. The default value is <code>false</code>.
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69 * This flag should only be set to <code>true</code> while the execution,
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70 * undo, or redo status computations are being performed in the background,
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71 * and should be restored to <code>false</code> when complete.
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72 * <p>
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73 * If the status computation methods typically need to consult the user in
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74 * order to determine the severity of a particular situation, the least
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75 * severe status that could be chosen by the user should be returned when
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76 * this flag is <code>true</code>. This can help to prevent overzealous
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77 * disposal of the operation history when an operation is in an ambiguous
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78 * state. Typically, the status computation methods are invoked with this
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79 * flag set to <code>false</code> just before the actual execution, undo,
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80 * or redo occurs, so the user can be consulted for the final outcome.
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81 *
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82 * @param quiet
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83 * <code>true</code> if it is inappropriate to consult or
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84 * otherwise prompt the user while computing status, and
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85 * <code>false</code> if the user may be prompted.
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86 *
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87 * @see #computeExecutionStatus(IProgressMonitor)
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88 * @see IAdvancedUndoableOperation#computeUndoableStatus(IProgressMonitor)
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89 * @see IAdvancedUndoableOperation#computeRedoableStatus(IProgressMonitor)
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90 */
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91 public void setQuietCompute(bool quiet);
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93 /**
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94 * Return a bool that instructs whether the operation should be executed,
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95 * undone, or redone in a background thread.
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96 *
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97 * @return <code>true</code> if the operation should be run in the
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98 * background, <code>false</code> if it should not.
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99 */
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100 public bool runInBackground();
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101 }