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/* gvSIG. Sistema de Informaci?n Geogr?fica de la Generalitat Valenciana

 *

 * Copyright (C) 2004-2007 IVER T.I. and Generalitat Valenciana.

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 *

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package org.gvsig.andami.ui.mdiFrame;

import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import javax.swing.JComponent;

import org.gvsig.andami.plugins.PluginClassLoader;

import org.gvsig.andami.plugins.config.generate.Label;

import org.gvsig.andami.plugins.config.generate.Menu;

import org.gvsig.gui.beans.controls.IControl;

/**

 * This interface represents the main application's window. It allow to access

 * the menus, the tool bars and the status bar. 

 */

public interface MainFrame {

        /**

         * Adds the provided menu to the menu bar.

         *

         * @param menu A Menu object containing the menu definition

         * @param listener Object which receives the menu events

         * @param loader ClassLoader of the plug-in that installs this menu

         */

        public void addMenu(Menu menu, ActionListener listener,

                PluginClassLoader loader);

        /**

         * Changes the menu name, and thus also its location, as the name determines

         * the location of the menu. 

         *

         * @param menu An array of Strings which represents the full menu path,

         * for example, {"Vista", "export", "imagen"} is a reference to the menu

         * "Vista/export/imagen" (that is, the menu Image within the submenu

         * View-Export). Menu names are translation keys, "Vista", "export", etc will

         * be translated to the suitable language when they are displayed.

         * @param newName New menu's name, in the syntax "Vista/export/symbols". Each

         * part of the name is a translation key.

         * @param loader ClassLoader of the plug-in that added the menu

         *

         * @throws NoSuchMenuException If there is no menu matching the provided

         * menu path

         */

        public void changeMenuName(String[] menu, String newName,

                PluginClassLoader loader) throws NoSuchMenuException;

        /**

         * Deletes the provided menu, if found.

         *

         * @param menu The menu to delete from the menu bar

         */

        public void removeMenu(Menu menu);

        /**

         * It checks whether each extension is enabled and visible, in order to

         * enable/disable and show/hide their associated controls.

         */

        public void enableControls();

        public void refreshControls();

        /**

         * Gets the status bar, the bar located in the bottom part of the main window.

         * It can be used to show messages, show progress bars, or change the status.

         *

         * @return The main application's status bar.

         */

        public NewStatusBar getStatusBar();

        /**

         * Sets the main window title.

         *

         * @param titulo The title to be set in the main window

         */

        public void setTitle(String titulo);

    /**

     * Gets a previously added JComponent by name (including

     * tool bars, buttons from tool bars, status bar controls

     * and menus. For example

     * you can use it if you need to obtain an status bar

     * control or a JToolBar to

     * add some customized component

     * @param name

     * @return the JComponent or null if none has been found

     */

    public JComponent getComponentByName(String name);

    /**

     * Sets the tool associated to the provided actionComand

     * as the selected tool for the currently selected Andami window.

     */

    public void setSelectedTool(String actionCommand);

    /**

     * Gets an array containing all the toolbars.

     * 

     * @return An array containing all the toolbars.

     */

    public SelectableToolBar[] getToolbars();

    /**

     * Gets wheter or not this toolbar should be shown by Andami.

     * Note that this does not reflect the actual visibility

     * of the toolbar, because it also depends on other conditions

     * (the toolbar should contain at lest a currently visible button).

     * 

     * @param name The toolbar's name

     * @return

     */

    public boolean getToolbarVisibility(String name);

    /**

     * Sets wheter or not this toolbar should be shown by Andami.

     * This is useful if to hide some toolbars when they are not

     * going to be used.

     * If it's false, the toolbar will be

     * hidden even if its associated extensions are visible.

     * Note that setting visibility to true does not automatically

     * show the toolbar, because it also depends on other conditions

     * (the toolbar should contain at lest a currently visible button).

     * However, it allows the toolbar to be visible when necessary

     * conditions are fulfilled.

     * 

     * @param name The toolbar's name.

     * @param visibility

     * @return

     */

    public boolean setToolbarVisibility(String name, boolean visibility);

    /**

     * Gets the menu entry corresponding the provided menu path.

     * 

     * @param menuPath The menu path to the menu entry that we want to

     * retrieve. For example, if we want to retrieve the menu entry

     * corresponding to the XML menu "Layer/Export/Export_to_PDF" we

     * will provide an array containing ["Layer", "Export", "Export_to_PDF"].

     * 

     * @return The menu entry corresponding the provided menu path. Note that

     * the menu entry may be an instance of <code>javax.swing.JMenuItem</code>,

     * <code>javax.swing.JMenu</code> or

     * <code>com.iver.andami.ui.mdiFrame.JMenuItem</code>.

     */

    public javax.swing.JMenuItem getMenuEntry(String[] menuPath);

        /**

         * Adds a control to the status bar and associate it with the

         * provided extension. The control will be enabled and visible

         * when the extension is enabled and visible.

         * 

         * @param extensionClass Extension which will determine whether the

         * control is enabled and visible.

         * @param control The control to add.

         */

        public void addStatusBarControl(Class extensionClass, IControl control);

        /**

         * Removes the providedcontrol from the status bar.

         * 

         * @param name The name of the control to remove

         */

        public void removeStatusBarControl(String name);

        /**

         * Sets the provided label-set as the labels associated with the provided

         * class. The labels will be visible in the status bar if the

         * currently selected Andami window is an instance of the provided

         * class.

         * 

         * @param clase The class which will be associated to the label-set. The

         * labels will be visible if the currently selected Andami window is an

         * instance of this class.

         * 

         * @param label An array of Labels. Each label has an ID which will be

         * used to write text on them.

         */

        public void setStatusBarLabels(Class clase, Label[] label);

        /**

         * Removes the labels associated with the provided class.

         * 

         * @param clase The class whose associated labels are to be removed.

         */

        public void removeStatusBarLabels(Class clase);

        public void messageDialog(String message, String title, int messageType);

        public void messageDialog(String message, String messageArgs[], String title, int messageType);

}