com.izforge.izpack.installer.console.ConsolePanel Maven / Gradle / Ivy
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* Copyright 2013 Tim Anderson
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package com.izforge.izpack.installer.console;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.Properties;
import com.izforge.izpack.api.adaptator.IXMLElement;
import com.izforge.izpack.api.data.InstallData;
import com.izforge.izpack.util.Console;
/**
* Defines the Interface that must be implemented for running Panels in console mode.
*
* Implementing classes MUST NOT link against AWT/Swing classes. Thus the panels cannot implement
* this interface directly, they should use e.g. helper classes instead.
*
* @author Mounir El Hajj
* @author Tim Anderon
*/
public interface ConsolePanel
{
/**
* Generates a properties file for each input field or variable.
*
* @param installData the installation data
* @param printWriter the properties file to write to
* @return {@code true} if the generation is successful, otherwise {@code false}
*/
boolean generateProperties(InstallData installData, PrintWriter printWriter);
/**
* Runs the panel using the supplied properties.
*
* @param installData the installation data
* @param properties the properties
* @return {@code true} if the installation is successful, otherwise {@code false}
*/
boolean run(InstallData installData, Properties properties);
/**
* Runs the panel in an interactive console.
*
* @param installData the installation data
* @param console the console
* @return {@code true} if the panel ran successfully, otherwise {@code false}
*/
boolean run(InstallData installData, Console console);
/**
* Create th auto-xml
* @param rootElement
*/
public void createInstallationRecord(IXMLElement rootElement);
}