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 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.wst.common.environment;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;

/**
 * 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.
 * 
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface IStatusHandler
{
  /**
   * Reports the given Status and set of possible responses.
   * 
   * @param status the status to report.
   * @param choices the choices that will be displayed to the user.
   * @return returns the choice made by the user/handler.
   */
  public Choice report ( IStatus status, Choice[] choices );
  
  /**
   * Reports the given Status with implied options to either
   * continue or abort.
   * @param status the status to report.
   * @throws StatusException Throws an exception if the handler decides the caller
   * should stop processing.
   */
  public void report ( IStatus status ) throws StatusException;
  
  /**
   * Report the given Error Status.  No user feedback is provided.
   * @param status the error status to report.
   */
  public void reportError( IStatus status );
  
  /**
   * Report the given Info Status.  No user feedback is provided.
   * @param status the info status to report.
   */
  public void reportInfo( IStatus status );
}