ContextMenuActionsProvider.java example

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/*
 * Autopsy Forensic Browser
 * 
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 * Contact: carrier <at> sleuthkit <dot> org
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 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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package org.sleuthkit.autopsy.corecomponentinterfaces;

import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.Action;

/**
 * Implementers of this interface provide Actions that will be added to context
 * menus in Autopsy.
 */
public interface ContextMenuActionsProvider {

    /**
     * Gets context menu Actions for the currently selected data model objects
     * exposed by the NetBeans Lookup of the active TopComponent. Implementers
     * should discover the selected objects by calling
     * org.openide.util.Utilities.actionsGlobalContext().lookupAll() for the
     * org.sleuthkit.datamodel classes of interest to the provider.
     *
     * @return A list, possibly empty, of Action objects.
     */
    public List<Action> getActions();
}