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 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.wst.command.env.core.common;

/**
 * Processes status events raised by the caller and returns an
 * indication of choices made by the recipient of the status and
 * may raise an exception against the caller to have them abort
 * procesing.
 */
public interface StatusHandler
{
  /**
   * Reports the given Status and set of possible responses.
   * Returns the choice made by the handler.
   */
  public Choice report ( Status status, Choice[] choices );
  
  /**
   * Reports the given Status with implied options to either
   * continue or abort.
   * Throws an exception if the handler decides the caller
   * should stop processing.
   */
  public void report ( Status status ) throws StatusException;
  
  /**
   * Report the given Error Status.  No user feedback is provided.
   * @param status
   */
  public void reportError( Status status );
  
  /**
   * Report the given Info Status.  No user feedback is provided.
   * @param status
   */
  public void reportInfo( Status status );
}