| /******************************************************************************* |
| * 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: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.equinox.p2.installer; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.core.runtime.*; |
| |
| /** |
| * The operation that will perform the install. This interface exists to allow |
| * the install advisor to act as the runnable context for the install, handling |
| * progress monitoring and cancelation. |
| * <p> |
| * This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. |
| */ |
| public interface IInstallOperation { |
| /** |
| * Performs the install. |
| * <p> |
| * The provided monitor can be used to report progress and respond to |
| * cancellation. If the progress monitor has been canceled, the job |
| * should finish its execution at the earliest convenience and return a result |
| * status of severity {@link IStatus#CANCEL}. The singleton |
| * cancel status {@link Status#CANCEL_STATUS} can be used for |
| * this purpose. The monitor is only valid for the duration of the invocation |
| * of this method. |
| * |
| * @param monitor the monitor to be used for reporting progress and |
| * responding to cancelation, or <code>null</code> if progress reporting |
| * and cancelation are not desired. |
| * @return resulting status of the run. The result must not be <code>null</code> |
| */ |
| public IStatus install(IProgressMonitor monitor); |
| } |