Application: gvSIG desktop

/**

 * gvSIG. Desktop Geographic Information System.

 *

 * Copyright (C) 2007-2013 gvSIG Association.

 *

 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License

 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3

 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

 *

 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

 * GNU General Public License for more details.

 *

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software

 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,

 * MA  02110-1301, USA.

 *

 * For any additional information, do not hesitate to contact us

 * at info AT gvsig.com, or visit our website www.gvsig.com.

 */

package org.gvsig.app.prepareAction;

import org.gvsig.fmap.mapcontext.MapContext;

/**

 * Interface extending PrepareContextView. The methods defined

 * here are indended to be integrated on PrepareContextView, but

 * are maintained on this separate interface in order to mantain

 * compatibility with existing implementations.

 * 

 * This interface may be eventually integrated with PrepareContextView

 * on the next major refactoring.

 *

 * @author Cesar Martinez

 *

 */

public interface PrepareContextView_v1 extends PrepareContextView {

    /**

     * You can use it to extract information from

     * the MapContext that will receive the new layer.

     * For example, projection to use, or visible extent.

     * 

     * @return Returns the MapContext.

     */

    MapContext getMapContext();

    /**

     * Checks whether the MapControl is available.

     * The MapControl may not be available in some circumstances, for instance

     * when adding layers to a MapContext not associated with a View.

     * 

     * A MapContext should always be available on the {@link #getMapContext()}

     * method.

     * 

     * @return true if the MapControl is available, false otherwise

     */

    boolean isMapControlAvailable();

}