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package org.eclipse.jface.operation;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
/**
* Interface for UI components which can execute a long-running operation
* in the form of an IRunnableWithProgress.
* The context is responsible for displaying a progress indicator and Cancel
* button to the end user while the operation is in progress; the context
* supplies a progress monitor to be used from code running inside the operation.
* Note that an IRunnableContext is not a runnable itself.
*
* For examples of UI components which implement this interface,
* see ApplicationWindow, ProgressMonitorDialog,
* and WizardDialog.
*
*
* @see IRunnableWithProgress
* @see org.eclipse.jface.window.ApplicationWindow
* @see org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.ProgressMonitorDialog
* @see org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardDialog
*/
public interface IRunnableContext {
/**
*
* Runs the given IRunnableWithProgress in this context.
* For example, if this is a ProgressMonitorDialog then the runnable
* is run using this dialog's progress monitor.
*
*
* If fork is false, the current thread is used
* to run the runnable. Note that if fork is true,
* it is unspecified whether or not this method blocks until the runnable
* has been run. Implementers should document whether the runnable is run
* synchronously (blocking) or asynchronously (non-blocking), or if no
* assumption can be made about the blocking behaviour.
*
*
* @param fork true if the runnable should be run in a separate thread,
* and false to run in the same thread
* @param cancelable true to enable the cancelation, and
* false to make the operation uncancellable
* @param runnable the runnable to run
*
* @exception InvocationTargetException wraps any exception or error which occurs
* while running the runnable
* @exception InterruptedException propagated by the context if the runnable
* acknowledges cancelation by throwing this exception. This should not be thrown
* if cancelable is false.
*/
public void run(boolean fork, boolean cancelable,
IRunnableWithProgress runnable) throws InvocationTargetException,
InterruptedException;
}