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/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2000, 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.core.runtime;

/**
 * The <code>IProgressMonitor</code> interface is implemented
 * by objects that monitor the progress of an activity; the methods
 * in this interface are invoked by code that performs the activity.
 * <p>
 * All activity is broken down into a linear sequence of tasks against
 * which progress is reported. When a task begins, a <code>beginTask(String, int)
 * </code> notification is reported, followed by any number and mixture of 
 * progress reports (<code>worked()</code>) and subtask notifications 
 * (<code>subTask(String)</code>).  When the task is eventually completed, a 
 * <code>done()</code> notification is reported.  After the <code>done()</code>
 * notification, the progress monitor cannot be reused;  i.e., <code>
 * beginTask(String, int)</code> cannot be called again after the call to 
 * <code>done()</code>.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * A request to cancel an operation can be signaled using the 
 * <code>setCanceled</code> method.  Operations taking a progress
 * monitor are expected to poll the monitor (using <code>isCanceled</code>)
 * periodically and abort at their earliest convenience.  Operation can however 
 * choose to ignore cancelation requests.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * Since notification is synchronous with the activity itself, the listener should 
 * provide a fast and robust implementation. If the handling of notifications would 
 * involve blocking operations, or operations which might throw uncaught exceptions, 
 * the notifications should be queued, and the actual processing deferred (or perhaps
 * delegated to a separate thread).
 * </p>
 * <p><b>CALLER/CALLEE RESPONSIBILITIES:</b></p>
 * <p>
 * Methods that receive an {@link IProgressMonitor} ("callees") must either obey the following
 * conventions or include JavaDoc explaining how it differs from these rules.
 * The called method:
 * <ul>
 * <li>Will call {@link #beginTask} on the argument 0 or 1 times, at its option.</li>
 * <li>Will not promise to invoke {@link #done()} on the monitor.</li>
 * <li>Will not call {@link #setCanceled} on the monitor.</li>
 * <li>May rely on the monitor not being null.</li>
 * <li>May rely on the monitor ignoring the string passed to {@link #beginTask}.</li>
 * </ul>
 * <p>
 * The caller:
 * <ul>
 * <li>Will either pass in a fresh instance of {@link IProgressMonitor} that has
 *     not had {@link #beginTask} invoked on it yet, or will select an
 *     implementation of {@link IProgressMonitor} that explicitly permits multiple calls
 *     to {@link #beginTask}.</li>
 * <li>Will not rely on the callee to invoke {@link #done()} on the monitor.
 *     It must either select an implementation of {@link IProgressMonitor} that
 *     does not require {@link #done()} to be called, for example {@link SubMonitor},
 *     or it must invoke {@link #done()} itself after the method returns.</li>
 * <li>Will not pass in a null monitor unless the JavaDoc of the callee says that it
 *     accepts null.</li>
 * <li>Will pass in a monitor that ignores the name argument to {@link #beginTask}
 *     unless the JavaDoc for the callee states otherwise.
 * </ul>
 * 
 * <p>
 * The responsibilities described above were introduced in Eclipse 4.7 (Oxygen). Prior to
 * Eclipse 4.7, it was common practice for the callee to invoke {@link #done()} on
 * its monitor and for the caller to rely upon this fact. As of Eclipse 4.6, all
 * the important top-level entry points have been updated to call {@link #done()},
 * meaning they work with both methods that invoke {@link #done()} and methods
 * that don't.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * Since this convention was introduced in Eclipse 4.7, some plugin code may need to
 * change. In particular, callers that pass a monitor are no longer allowed to rely upon
 * the callee invoking {@link #done()} and must do so themselves if necessary.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * This interface can be used without OSGi running.
 * </p><p>
 * Clients may implement this interface.
 * </p>
 */
public interface IProgressMonitor {

	/** Constant indicating an unknown amount of work.
	 */
	public final static int UNKNOWN = -1;

	/**
	 * Notifies that the main task is beginning.  This must only be called once
	 * on a given progress monitor instance.
	 * 
	 * @param name the name (or description) of the main task
	 * @param totalWork the total number of work units into which
	 *  the main task is been subdivided. If the value is <code>UNKNOWN</code> 
	 *  the implementation is free to indicate progress in a way which 
	 *  doesn't require the total number of work units in advance.
	 */
	public void beginTask(String name, int totalWork);

	/**
	 * Notifies that the work is done; that is, either the main task is completed 
	 * or the user canceled it. This method may be called more than once 
	 * (implementations should be prepared to handle this case).
	 */
	public void done();

	/**
	 * Internal method to handle scaling correctly. This method
	 * must not be called by a client. Clients should 
	 * always use the method </code>worked(int)</code>.
	 * 
	 * @param work the amount of work done
	 */
	public void internalWorked(double work);

	/**
	 * Returns whether cancelation of current operation has been requested.
	 * Long-running operations should poll to see if cancelation
	 * has been requested.
	 *
	 * @return <code>true</code> if cancellation has been requested,
	 *    and <code>false</code> otherwise
	 * @see #setCanceled(boolean)
	 */
	public boolean isCanceled();

	/**
	 * Sets the cancel state to the given value.
	 * 
	 * @param value <code>true</code> indicates that cancelation has
	 *     been requested (but not necessarily acknowledged);
	 *     <code>false</code> clears this flag
	 * @see #isCanceled()
	 */
	public void setCanceled(boolean value);

	/**
	 * Sets the task name to the given value. This method is used to 
	 * restore the task label after a nested operation was executed. 
	 * Normally there is no need for clients to call this method.
	 *
	 * @param name the name (or description) of the main task
	 * @see #beginTask(java.lang.String, int)
	 */
	public void setTaskName(String name);

	/**
	 * Notifies that a subtask of the main task is beginning.
	 * Subtasks are optional; the main task might not have subtasks.
	 *
	 * @param name the name (or description) of the subtask
	 */
	public void subTask(String name);

	/**
	 * Notifies that a given number of work unit of the main task
	 * has been completed. Note that this amount represents an
	 * installment, as opposed to a cumulative amount of work done
	 * to date.
	 *
	 * @param work a non-negative number of work units just completed
	 */
	public void worked(int work);
}

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