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SciJava Common is a shared library for SciJava software. It provides a plugin framework, with an extensible mechanism for service discovery, backed by its own annotation processor, so that plugins can be loaded dynamically. It is used by both ImageJ and SCIFIO.

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package org.scijava;

/**
 * An interface defining details useful for generating relevant user interface
 * elements.
 * 
 * @author Curtis Rueden
 */
public interface UIDetails extends BasicDetails, Prioritized {

	/**
	 * The default, application-level menu root.
	 * 
	 * @see #getMenuRoot()
	 */
	String APPLICATION_MENU_ROOT = "app";

	/**
	 * Gets an appropriate title for the object, for use in a user interface. The
	 * result is prioritized as follows:
	 * 
	 * Item label
	 * Menu path's leaf entry name
	 * Item name
	 * Item's class name, without package prefix
	 * 
	 */
	String getTitle();

	/** Gets the path to the object's suggested position in the menu structure. */
	MenuPath getMenuPath();

	/** Gets the name of the menu structure to which the object belongs. */
	String getMenuRoot();

	/** Gets the resource path to an icon representing the object. */
	String getIconPath();

	/**
	 * Gets whether the object can be selected (e.g., checking and unchecking its
	 * menu item) in the user interface.
	 */
	boolean isSelectable();

	/**
	 * Gets the name of the selection group to which the object belongs. Only one
	 * object in a particular selection group can be selected at a time.
	 */
	String getSelectionGroup();

	/**
	 * Gets whether the object is selected (e.g., its menu item is checked) in the
	 * user interface.
	 */
	boolean isSelected();

	/** Gets whether the object should be enabled in the user interface. */
	boolean isEnabled();

	/** Gets whether the object should be visible in the user interface. */
	boolean isVisible();

	/** Sets the path to the object's suggested position in the menu structure. */
	void setMenuPath(MenuPath menuPath);

	/** Sets the name of the menu structure to which the object belongs. */
	void setMenuRoot(String menuRoot);

	/** Sets the resource path to an icon representing the object. */
	void setIconPath(String iconPath);

	/** Sets whether the object should be enabled in the user interface. */
	void setEnabled(boolean enabled);

	/** Sets whether the object should be visible in the user interface. */
	void setVisible(boolean visible);

	/**
	 * Sets whether the object can be selected (e.g., checking and unchecking its
	 * menu item) in the user interface.
	 */
	void setSelectable(boolean selectable);

	/**
	 * Sets the name of the selection group to which the object belongs. Only one
	 * object in a particular selection group can be selected at a time.
	 */
	void setSelectionGroup(String selectionGroup);

	/**
	 * Sets whether the object is selected (e.g., its menu item is checked) in the
	 * user interface.
	 */
	void setSelected(boolean selected);

}