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/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2007 IBM Corporation and others. All rights reserved. This
 * program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of
 * the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is
 * available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 * 
 * Contributors: IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 ******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
import org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine.Profile;
import org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.IInstallableUnit;

/**
 * Directors are responsible for determining what should be done to a given 
 * profile to reshape it as requested. That is, given the current state of a 
 * profile, a description of the desired end state of that profile and metadata 
 * describing the available IUs, a director produces a list of provisioning 
 * operations (e.g., install, update or uninstall) to perform on the related IUs. 
 * Directors are also able to validate profiles and assist in the diagnosis of 
 * configuration errors. Note that directors may range in complexity from 
 * very simple (e.g., reading a list of bundles from a static file) to very complex. 
 */
public interface IDirector {
	/**
	 * Installs the given units into the given profile.
	 * 
	 * @param toInstall The units to install
	 * @param profile The profile to install into
	 * @param monitor a progress monitor, or <code>null</code> if progress
	 *    reporting is not desired
	 */
	public IStatus install(IInstallableUnit[] toInstall, Profile profile, IProgressMonitor monitor);

	/**
	 * Uninstalls the given units from the given profile.
	 * 
	 * @param toUninstall The units to uninstall
	 * @param profile The profile from which to uninstall
	 * @param monitor a progress monitor, or <code>null</code> if progress
	 *    reporting is not desired
	 */
	public IStatus uninstall(IInstallableUnit[] toUninstall, Profile profile, IProgressMonitor monitor);

	public IStatus become(IInstallableUnit target, Profile profile, IProgressMonitor monitor);

	public IStatus replace(IInstallableUnit[] toUninstall, IInstallableUnit[] toInstall, Profile profile, IProgressMonitor monitor);

	//TODO And many more operations for uninstallation and the rest ! See bug 179819

}

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