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| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
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| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.help.search; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus; |
| |
| /** |
| * A collector for the search hits (asynchronously) returned by the help search |
| * participants. |
| * <p> |
| * This interface is intended to be implemented by clients and passed to the |
| * search engine instance. |
| * |
| * @since 3.1 |
| */ |
| public interface ISearchEngineResultCollector { |
| /** |
| * Accepts a new search result object. |
| * |
| * @param searchResult |
| * the new search result |
| */ |
| void accept(ISearchEngineResult searchResult); |
| |
| /** |
| * Accepts an array of new search results. |
| * |
| * @param searchResults |
| * an array of search result objects |
| */ |
| void accept(ISearchEngineResult[] searchResults); |
| |
| /** |
| * Notifies the collector that an error has occured in the search engine. |
| * The kinds of errors that are reported this way are not abnormal problems |
| * or internal errors. Unexpected problems should be left to the job manager |
| * to handle by throwing a <code>CoreException</code>. Use this method to |
| * report errors that are expected to occur from time to time (e.g., server |
| * down, server timeout, incorrect URL etc.). |
| * |
| * @param status |
| * the reported error status |
| */ |
| void error(IStatus status); |
| } |