plugins/org.eclipse.wst.validation/validate_core/org/eclipse/wst/validation/internal/provisional/core/IReporter.java

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package org.eclipse.wst.validation.internal.provisional.core;

import java.util.List;

/*
 * CCM - Reporter is now passed locale-independent messages.
 *       Messages should only be translated to a locale upon access.
 *       Or in special locale-dependent reporter implementations (console logger).
 */

/**
 * The interface used by IValidator's to report messages. The implementation of the IReporter could
 * simply log the messages to stdout, a file, or retain them in a buffer for later access by a user
 * interface.
 * <p>
 * Reporter implementations should keep non-localized versions of their messages.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * Any messages which need to be displayed to the user are done through this class, and if the user
 * cancels the current function, this class is the one which registers the cancellation.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * The IReporter instance is created at the time validation begins and ends when validation is complete.
 * There is only one IReporter instance created for all validators that are run on a IResource. The IResource
 * provides a way to get messages put out each validator and add and delete messages for one validator
 * at a time. 
 * <p>
 * <b>Provisional API:</b> This class/interface is part of an interim API that is still under development and expected to 
 * change significantly before reaching stability. It is being made available at this early stage to solicit feedback 
 * from pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API will almost certainly be broken 
 * (repeatedly) as the API evolves.
 * </p>
 */
public interface IReporter {
	/**
	 * <p>
	 * Add a locale-independent validation message. It will be displayed later, with all of the
	 * other validation messages.
	 * </p>
	 * <p>
	 * The IValidator passed in is needed for incremental validation (when a message needs to be
	 * removed, one validator should not remove messages entered by another validator.) The
	 * validator is also queried for information about its resource bundle, to enable support for
	 * localization of messages in a client-server environment.
	 * </p>
	 * <p>
	 * Both parameters must not be null.
	 * </p>
	 * @param origin
	 *            The validator which is the source of the message.
	 * @param message
	 *            A message to be reported.
	 */
	void addMessage(IValidator origin, IMessage message);

	/**
	 * Show a text representation of this message, formatted in the default
	 * Locale, to the user immediately. This message indicates which subtask is
	 * currently being processed. The message is not stored. The subtask message
	 * in this context is the subtask in a IProgressMontior
	 * <p>
	 * Both parameters must not be null.
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @param validator
	 * 		The validator issuing the subtask message.
	 * @param message
	 * 		The message to be displayed to the user.
	 * 
	 */
	void displaySubtask(IValidator validator, IMessage message);

	/**
	 * @return the message access interface to this reporter, or null if message access is not
	 * supported.
	 *     
	 */
	List getMessages();

	/**
	 * Return true if the user canceled validation, and false otherwise. This method should be
	 * called by IValidators periodically, because no event is fired to notify IValidators that the
	 * user canceled validation. If a validator does not check this method, a cancellation request
	 * is ignored.
	 * 
	 * @return true if the user canceled validation, and false otherwise.
	 *  
	 */
	boolean isCancelled();

	/**
	 * Remove all validation messages entered by the identified validator. This method is provided
	 * for incremental validation. 
	 * <p>
	 * The IValidator parameter must not be null.
	 * </p>
	 * @param origin
	 * 			Originator validator of the message.  
	 */
	void removeAllMessages(IValidator origin);

	/**
	 * Remove all validation messages, entered by the identified validator,
	 * pertaining to the Object provided. This method is provided for
	 * incremental validation. <br>
	 * <br>
	 * If <code>object</code> is null, then this method should remove all
	 * messages owned by the validator. (i.e., the same behaviour as the
	 * removeAllMessages(IValidator) method.) <br>
	 * <br>
	 * <p>
	 * The IValidator parameter must not be null.
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @param origin
	 * 		Originator validator of the message.
	 * @param object
	 * 		Object to which the message belongs. Object is the target object
	 * 		that was set on the IMessage when adding the message as problem
	 * 		marker.
	 * 
	 */
	void removeAllMessages(IValidator origin, Object object);

	/**
	 * To support removal of a subset of validation messages, an IValidator may
	 * assign group names to IMessages. An IMessage subset will be identified by
	 * the name of its group. This method will remove only the IMessage's that
	 * are in the group identified by groupName. 
	 * <p>
	 * The IValidator parameter must not be null.
	 * </p>
	 * <p>
	 * If <code>object</code> is null, then this method should remove all
	 * messages owned by the validator. (i.e., the same behaviour as the
	 * removeAllMessages(IValidator) method.)
	 * </p>
	 * <p>
	 * If groupName is null, that's the same as no group (i.e., the same
	 * behaviour as the <code>removeAllMessages(IValidator, Object)</code>
	 * method.)
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @param validator
	 * 		Originator validator of the message.
	 * @param obj
	 * 		Object to which the message belongs.
	 * @param groupName
	 * 		Name of the group to which the message belongs.
	 */
	void removeMessageSubset(IValidator validator, Object obj, String groupName);
}