/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 * Port to the D programming language:
 *     Frank Benoit <benoit@tionex.de>
 *******************************************************************************/
module dwtx.jface.preference.IPreferencePageContainer;

import dwtx.jface.preference.IPreferenceStore;

import dwt.dwthelper.utils;

/**
 * An interface used by a preference page to talk to
 * its dialog.
 */
public interface IPreferencePageContainer {
    /**
     * Returns the preference store.
     *
     * @return the preference store, or <code>null</code> if none
     */
    public IPreferenceStore getPreferenceStore();

    /**
     * Adjusts the enable state of the OK
     * button to reflect the state of the currently active
     * page in this container.
     * <p>
     * This method is called by the container itself
     * when its preference page changes and may be called
     * by the page at other times to force a button state
     * update.
     * </p>
     */
    public void updateButtons();

    /**
     * Updates the message (or error message) shown in the message line to
     * reflect the state of the currently active page in this container.
     * <p>
     * This method is called by the container itself
     * when its preference page changes and may be called
     * by the page at other times to force a message
     * update.
     * </p>
     */
    public void updateMessage();

    /**
     * Updates the title to reflect the state of the
     * currently active page in this container.
     * <p>
     * This method is called by the container itself
     * when its page changes and may be called
     * by the page at other times to force a title
     * update.
     * </p>
     */
    public void updateTitle();
}