MainWindow.java

/**
 * OrbisGIS is a java GIS application dedicated to research in GIScience.
 * OrbisGIS is developed by the GIS group of the DECIDE team of the 
 * Lab-STICC CNRS laboratory, see <http://www.lab-sticc.fr/>.
 *
 * The GIS group of the DECIDE team is located at :
 *
 * Laboratoire Lab-STICC – CNRS UMR 6285
 * Equipe DECIDE
 * UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE-SUD
 * Institut Universitaire de Technologie de Vannes
 * 8, Rue Montaigne - BP 561 56017 Vannes Cedex
 * 
 * OrbisGIS is distributed under GPL 3 license.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2007-2014 CNRS (IRSTV FR CNRS 2488)
 * Copyright (C) 2015-2017 CNRS (Lab-STICC UMR CNRS 6285)
 *
 * This file is part of OrbisGIS.
 *
 * OrbisGIS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
 * terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
 * Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
 * version.
 *
 * OrbisGIS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
 * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
 * OrbisGIS. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 * For more information, please consult: <http://www.orbisgis.org/>
 * or contact directly:
 * info_at_ orbisgis.org
 */
package org.orbisgis.mainframe.api;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import java.beans.VetoableChangeListener;

/**
 * Methods that can be accessed by plug-ins
 * @author Nicolas Fortin
 */
public interface MainWindow {
    // Vetoable properties
    public static final String WINDOW_VISIBLE = "WINDOW_VISIBLE";

    /**
     * As long as your MainFrameAction is alive (disposeActions has not been called)
     * the returned JFrame instance can be used.
     * @return The main frame instance
     */
    JFrame getMainFrame();

    /**
     * Add a VetoableChangeListener for a specific property.  The listener
     * will be invoked only when a call on fireVetoableChange names that
     * specific property.
     * The same listener object may be added more than once.  For each
     * property,  the listener will be invoked the number of times it was added
     * for that property.
     * If <code>propertyName</code> or <code>listener</code> is null, no
     * exception is thrown and no action is taken.
     *
     * @param propertyName  The name of the property to listen on.
     * @param listener  The VetoableChangeListener to be added
     */
    public void addVetoableChangeListener(
            String propertyName,
            VetoableChangeListener listener);

    /**
     * Remove a VetoableChangeListener from the listener list.
     * This removes a VetoableChangeListener that was registered
     * for all properties.
     * If <code>listener</code> was added more than once to the same event
     * source, it will be notified one less time after being removed.
     * If <code>listener</code> is null, or was never added, no exception is
     * thrown and no action is taken.
     *
     * @param listener  The VetoableChangeListener to be removed
     */
    public void removeVetoableChangeListener(VetoableChangeListener listener);


    public MainStatusBar getStatusBar();

}