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 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.team.internal.ui.actions;

import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;

import org.eclipse.jface.operation.IRunnableWithProgress;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;

/**
 * An ITeamRunnableContext is used to provide the context for a Team operation.
 * The hierarchy of contexts is used to configure the following:
 * 1) whether the operation is run in the background as a job
 * 2) whether the operation modifies the workspace
 * 3) what shell the operation should use to display info to the user
 */
public interface ITeamRunnableContext {
	
	/**
	 * Run the given runnable in the context of the receiver. By default, the
	 * progress is provided by the active workbench windows but subclasses may
	 * override this to provide progress in some other way (Progress Monitor or
	 * job).
	 */
	public abstract void run(IRunnableWithProgress runnable) throws InvocationTargetException, InterruptedException;
		
	/**
	 * Get a shell that can be used to prompt the user.
	 * @return a shell
	 */
	public abstract Shell getShell();
}