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/***********************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2005 Actuate Corporation.
 * 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:
 * Actuate Corporation - initial API and implementation
 ***********************************************************************/

package org.eclipse.birt.core.ui.frameworks.taskwizard.interfaces;

import org.eclipse.birt.core.ui.frameworks.taskwizard.WizardBase;
import org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.IDialogPage;

public interface ITask extends IDialogPage
{

	/**
	 * Called just before the UI for this Task is shown. Intended for the UI to
	 * prepare itself by processing the context passed in. The context will
	 * depend on the wizard.
	 * 
	 * @param context
	 *            The context in which the Subtask UI will be shown. Its content
	 *            depend on individual wizards.
	 */
	public void setContext( IWizardContext context );

	/**
	 * Called just before the UI for the task is disposed, it will be used by
	 * the wizard. The context returned should contain the complete updated
	 * context for the wizard. This context should be useable as is and should
	 * not require any additional processing before use.
	 * 
	 * @return complete context for the wizard with all updates that result from
	 *         operations performed as part of this task.
	 */
	public IWizardContext getContext( );

	/**
	 * Called upon instantiation to allow a task to interact with the containing
	 * wizard. This instance should be used to perform operations like enabling
	 * or disabling other tasks in the current invocation as well as to display
	 * or hide linked popup windows.
	 * 
	 * @param wizard
	 *            instance of WizardBase containing this task instance.
	 */
	public void setUIProvider( WizardBase wizard );

	/**
	 * Called just before the UI for this Task is shown...in case the task is
	 * being shown in response to a request to fix an error. The argument is
	 * supposed to be an object array that provides additional information as to
	 * the specific error condition in the current context.
	 * 
	 * @param errorHints
	 *            Object array providing additional (task-specific) information
	 *            provided by the source of the task redirection. It is expected
	 *            to contain information that the target task can use to better
	 *            guide the user to fix any error conditions.
	 */
	public void setErrorHints( Object[] errorHints );

	/**
	 * Called by the container wizard if it follows the 'pull' mechanism for
	 * error discovery. A task is expected to provide a collection of error
	 * messages indicating the error conditions currently existing in the wizard
	 * context. If a wizard does not follow the 'pull' mechanism, the task needs
	 * to explicitly 'push' the error list to the wizard using the
	 * 'displayError()' method.
	 * 
	 * @return Array of strings representing any error conditions existing in
	 *         the context
	 */
	public String[] getErrors( );
}



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BIRT

BIRT is an open source, Eclipse-based reporting system that integrates with your application to produce compelling reports for both web and PDF.

Project homepage: http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/
Programming language(s): Java,XML
License: gpl2

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