/**
* Copyright (C) 2015 Valkyrie RCP
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
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package org.valkyriercp.application;
import org.valkyriercp.command.config.CommandButtonLabelInfo;
import org.valkyriercp.command.support.ActionCommand;
/**
* Metadata about a view; a view descriptor is effectively a singleton view
* definition. A descriptor also acts as a factory which produces new instances
* of a given view when requested, typically by a requesting application page. A
* view descriptor can also produce a command which launches a view for display
* on the page within the current active window.
*
* @author Keith Donald
*/
public interface ViewDescriptor extends PageComponentDescriptor {
/**
* Create a command that when executed, will attempt to show the
* page component described by this descriptor in the provided
* application window.
*
* @param window The window
*
* @return The show page component command.
*/
public ActionCommand createShowViewCommand(ApplicationWindow window);
public CommandButtonLabelInfo getShowViewCommandLabel();
}