| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2007 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: |
| * Hisashi MIYASHITA - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| |
| package org.eclipse.actf.ai.fennec; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.actf.ai.fennec.treemanager.ITreeManager; |
| |
| /** |
| * IFennecMediator interface defines the methods implemented by the mediator |
| * class between the web browser and the Fennec service. |
| */ |
| public interface IFennecMediator { |
| /** |
| * This method creates an instance of ITreeManager by using the metadata |
| * entry and Fennec service created from the document obtained from the web |
| * browser and the metadata entry. |
| * |
| * @param entry |
| * the instance of the Fennec metadata entry. |
| * @return the new instance of ITreeManager. |
| */ |
| ITreeManager newTreeManager(IFennecEntry entry); |
| |
| /** |
| * It returns the default Fennec metadta for the document opened in the web |
| * browser. If there is no metadata for the doument, it returns null. |
| * |
| * @return the Fennec metadata entry. |
| */ |
| IFennecEntry getDefaultFennecEntry(); |
| |
| /** |
| * It returns all Fennec metadata for the document opened in the web |
| * browser. |
| * |
| * @return An array of the Fennec metadata entries. |
| */ |
| IFennecEntry[] getFennecEntries(); |
| |
| /** |
| * If the mediator is not needed anymore, this method should be called. |
| */ |
| void release(); |
| } |