/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2008, 2010 Ericsson and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 * 
 * Contributors:
 *     Ericsson - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.mi.service;

import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.debug.service.IProcesses;
import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.debug.service.IRunControl.IContainerDMContext;
import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.debug.service.command.ICommandControlService.ICommandControlDMContext;

/**
 * This interface provides a method for creating execution contexts.
 * @since 1.1
 */
public interface IMIProcesses extends IProcesses
{
	/**
	 * Create a thread context.
	 * 
	 * @param processDmc The parent process context
	 * @param threadId The OS Id of the thread
	 */
    IThreadDMContext createThreadContext(IProcessDMContext processDmc, String threadId);

	/**
	 * Create a process context.
	 * 
	 * @param pid The OS Id of the process
	 */
    IProcessDMContext createProcessContext(ICommandControlDMContext controlDmc, String pid);
    
    /**
     * Create an execution context.
     * 
     * @param containerDmc The parent process debugging context
     * @param threadDmc The parent thread context
     * @param threadId The thread  id of the thread
     */
    IMIExecutionDMContext createExecutionContext(IContainerDMContext containerDmc, 
                                                 IThreadDMContext threadDmc, 
                                                 String threadId);

    /**
     * Create a container context.
     * 
     * @param processDmc The parent process context of this context
     * @param groupId The thread group id of the process
     */
    IMIContainerDMContext createContainerContext(IProcessDMContext processDmc,
    											 String groupId);

    /**
     * Create a container context based on a threadId.  This implies knowledge
     * of which threads belong to which container.  This method can only be used
     * if the threadId has been already created.
     * 
     * @param controlDmc The parent command control context of this context
     * @param threadId The thread id belonging to the container we want to create
     */
    IMIContainerDMContext createContainerContextFromThreadId(ICommandControlDMContext controlDmc, String threadId);

    /**
     * Create a container context based on a groupId.  This implies knowledge
     * of which pid is represented by the groupId.  This method can only be used
     * if the groupId has been already created.
     * 
     * @param controlDmc The parent command control context of this context
     * @param goupId The thread-group id of the container we want to create
     * @since 4.0
     */
    IMIContainerDMContext createContainerContextFromGroupId(ICommandControlDMContext controlDmc, String groupId);
}