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 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - Initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.wst.server.core.model;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
import org.eclipse.debug.core.ILaunch;
import org.eclipse.wst.server.core.IServer;
/**
 * A launchable client is a client side application or test harness that can
 * be launched (run) against a resource running on a server.
 * <p>
 * This abstract class is intended to be extended only by clients
 * to extend the <code>clients</code> extension point.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @plannedfor 1.0
 */
public abstract class ClientDelegate {
	/**
	 * Returns true if this launchable can be run by this client.
	 * 
	 * @param server the server that the client is being run against
	 * @param launchable the object to run on the server
	 * @param launchMode the launch mode
	 * @return <code>true</code> if the client supports this combination, and <code>false</code>
	 *    otherwise
	 */
	public boolean supports(IServer server, Object launchable, String launchMode) {
		return true;
	}

	/**
	 * Opens or executes on the launchable.
	 * 
	 * @param server the server that the client is being run against
	 * @param launchable the object to run on the server
	 * @param launchMode the launch mode
	 * @param launch the launch of the server, if available
	 * @return status indicating what (if anything) went wrong
	 */
	public abstract IStatus launch(IServer server, Object launchable, String launchMode, ILaunch launch);
}