package net.sf.jabref.external;

import net.sf.jabref.BasePanel;
import net.sf.jabref.BibtexDatabase;
import net.sf.jabref.BibtexEntry;
import net.sf.jabref.MetaData;

import javax.swing.*;

/**
 * Class that defines interaction with an external application in the form of
 * "pushing" selected entries to it.
 */
public interface PushToApplication {

    public String getName();

    public String getApplicationName();

    public String getTooltip();

    public Icon getIcon();

    public String getKeyStrokeName();


    /**
     * This method asks the implementing class to return a JPanel populated
     * with the imlementation's options panel, if necessary. If the JPanel
     * is shown to the user, and the user indicates that settings should
     * be stored, the implementation's storeSettings() method will be called.
     * This method must make sure all widgets in the panel are in the correct
     * selection states.
     *
     * @return a JPanel containing options, or null if options are not needed.
     */
    public JPanel getSettingsPanel();

    /**
     * This method is called to indicate that the settings panel returned from
     * the getSettingsPanel() method has been shown to the user and that the
     * user has indicated that the settings should be stored. This method must
     * store the state of the widgets in the settings panel to Globals.prefs.
     */
    public void storeSettings();

    /**
     * The actual operation. This method will not be called on the event dispatch
     * thread, so it should not do GUI operations without utilizing invokeLater().
     * @param database
     * @param entries
     * @param metaData
     */
    public void pushEntries(BibtexDatabase database, BibtexEntry[] entries,
                            String keyString, MetaData metaData);

    /**
     * Reporting etc., this method is called on the event dispatch thread after
     * pushEntries() returns.
     */
    public void operationCompleted(BasePanel panel);

    /**
     * Check whether this operation requires BibTeX keys to be set for the entries.
     * If true is returned an error message will be displayed if keys are missing.
     * @return true if BibTeX keys are required for this operation.
     */
    public boolean requiresBibtexKeys();



}