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* Copyright (c) 2007, 2009 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.internal.provisional.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.
* @noimplement 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);
}