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/* 
 * MessageViewer.java
 * 
 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2009–2015 Steinbeis Forschungszentrum (STZ Ölbronn),
 * Copyright (c) 2007–2017 by Michael Hoffer
 * 
 * This file is part of Visual Reflection Library (VRL).
 *
 * VRL is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 * 
 * see: http://opensource.org/licenses/LGPL-3.0
 *      file://path/to/VRL/src/eu/mihosoft/vrl/resources/license/lgplv3.txt
 *
 * VRL 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * This version of VRL includes copyright notice and attribution requirements.
 * According to the LGPL this information must be displayed even if you modify
 * the source code of VRL. Neither the VRL Canvas attribution icon nor any
 * copyright statement/attribution may be removed.
 *
 * Attribution Requirements:
 *
 * If you create derived work you must do three things regarding copyright
 * notice and author attribution.
 *
 * First, the following text must be displayed on the Canvas:
 * "based on VRL source code". In this case the VRL canvas icon must be removed.
 * 
 * Second, the copyright notice must remain. It must be reproduced in any
 * program that uses VRL.
 *
 * Third, add an additional notice, stating that you modified VRL. A suitable
 * notice might read
 * "VRL source code modified by YourName 2012".
 * 
 * Note, that these requirements are in full accordance with the LGPL v3
 * (see 7. Additional Terms, b).
 *
 * Please cite the publication(s) listed below.
 *
 * Publications:
 *
 * M. Hoffer, C. Poliwoda, & G. Wittum. (2013). Visual reflection library:
 * a framework for declarative GUI programming on the Java platform.
 * Computing and Visualization in Science, 2013, 16(4),
 * 181–192. http://doi.org/10.1007/s00791-014-0230-y
 */

package eu.mihosoft.vrl.visual;

/**
 * This is an interface that enables to send messages from a running VRL session
 * @author Michael Hoffer 
 */
public interface MessageViewer {
    /**Updates the message target (usually the canvas message box)
     * @param message the message to show
     */
    public void update(String message);
    /**
     * Returns a reference to this message viewer.
     * @return a reference to this message viewer
     */
    public MessageViewer getReference();
}