/*
* Copyright 2010-2015 Institut Pasteur.
*
* This file is part of Icy.
*
* Icy 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 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* Icy 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.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with Icy. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package icy.plugin.interface_;
/**
* Plugin Threaded interface.<br>
* <br>
* By default a plugin is launched on the AWT Event Dispatch Thread so GUI creation
* can be done directly without <code>invokeLater</code> calls.<br>
* A common problem is that long process will actually lock the EDT and make GUI not responding.<br>
* <br>
* A plugin implementing this interface will have both its <code>run()</code> methods called
* in a separate thread but developer has to use <code>invokeLater</code> method
* for GUI creation / modification. Also there is no more guarantee that plugin constructor is called
* in the EDT (which is the case for default plugin).
*
* @author Stephane
*/
public interface PluginThreaded extends Runnable, PluginStartAsThread
{
}