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 * Copyright 2010 Google Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
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 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
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package com.google.gwt.activity.shared;

import com.google.gwt.event.shared.EventBus;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.AcceptsOneWidget;

/**
 * Implemented by objects that control a piece of user interface, with a life
 * cycle managed by an {@link ActivityManager}, in response to
 * {@link com.google.gwt.place.shared.PlaceChangeEvent} events as the user
 * navigates through the app.
 */
public interface Activity {
  /**
   * Called when the user is trying to navigate away from this activity.
   *
   * @return A message to display to the user, e.g. to warn of unsaved work, or
   *         null to say nothing
   */
  String mayStop();

  /**
   * Called when {@link #start} has not yet replied to its callback, but the
   * user has lost interest.
   */
  void onCancel();

  /**
   * Called when the Activity's widget has been removed from view. All event
   * handlers it registered will have been removed before this method is called.
   */
  void onStop();

  /**
   * Called when the Activity should ready its widget for the user. When the
   * widget is ready (typically after an RPC response has been received),
   * receiver should present it by calling
   * {@link AcceptsOneWidget#setWidget} on the given panel.
   * 

* Any handlers attached to the provided event bus will be de-registered when * the activity is stopped, so activities will rarely need to hold on to the * {@link com.google.gwt.event.shared.HandlerRegistration HandlerRegistration} * instances returned by {@link EventBus#addHandler}. * * @param panel the panel to display this activity's widget when it is ready * @param eventBus the event bus */ void start(AcceptsOneWidget panel, EventBus eventBus); }





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