/*
* File : PluginView.java
* Created : Oct 12, 2005
* By : TuxPaper
*
* Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Aelitis SAS, All rights Reserved
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details ( see the LICENSE file ).
*
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* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*
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*/
package org.gudy.azureus2.plugins.ui;
import org.gudy.azureus2.plugins.PluginInterface;
/**
* All plugin views should inherit from this interface so that we can always
* check to see if they are a plugin view.
* <p>
* Any non generic UI plugin view functions are placed here, and every UI
* should implement them.
*
* @author TuxPaper
* @since 2.3.0.5
*
* @see org.gudy.azureus2.ui.swt.plugins.UISWTView
*/
public interface UIPluginView {
/**
* Retrieve the data sources related to this view.
*
* @return dependent upon subclasses implementation
*/
public Object getDataSource();
/**
* ID of the view
*
* @return ID of the view
*
* @since 2.3.0.6
*/
public String getViewID();
/**
* Closes the view
*
* @since 2.3.0.6
*/
public void closeView();
/**
* @since 4.5.1.1
* @return
*/
public PluginInterface
getPluginInterface();
}