/*
* ALMA - Atacama Large Millimiter Array
* (c) European Southern Observatory, 2002
* Copyright by ESO (in the framework of the ALMA collaboration)
* and Cosylab 2002, All rights reserved
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library 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
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
* MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
package alma.acs.gui.util.panel;
import alma.acs.container.ContainerServices;
/**
* The interface that the component shown into the main window must implement
*
* The panel must extends a JComponent (it can also be a JRootPane in order
* to be able to define its own menubar).
*
* @author acaproni
*
*/
public interface IPanel {
/**
* The method is called just before the main window closes (i.e. the
* applicationterminates).
* The panel has to release all its resources to allow the application to exit.
* This method is executed on a separate daemon thread.
*
*/
public void stop() throws Exception;
/**
* Signal the panel that can start its computation
*
*/
public void start() throws Exception;
/**
* Returns true if the panel is executed inside
* OMC i.e. it is a plugin.
*
* @return If the panel is executed iS AN omc PLUGIN
* false if it is executed stannd alone
*/
public boolean isOMCPlugin();
/**
* Set the ACS Container Services
*
* @param cs The container services
*/
public void setACSContainerServices(ContainerServices cs);
}