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 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
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 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.help.browser;
/**
 * Represents a web browser that can be used by clients to display documents for
 * the given URLs.
 *
 * @since 2.1
 */
public interface IBrowser {
	/**
	 * Closes the browser.
	 */
	public void close();
	/**
	 * Queries the browser if close method is supported.
	 *
	 * @return true if the method is fully implemented
	 */
	public boolean isCloseSupported();
	/**
	 * Displays document with the given URL, and makes the browser visible. This
	 * method starts the browser if necessary.
	 *
	 * @param url
	 *            the URL to display in the browser
	 */
	public void displayURL(String url) throws Exception;
	/**
	 * Queries the browser if setLocation method is supported.
	 *
	 * @return true if the method is fully implemented
	 */
	public boolean isSetLocationSupported();
	/**
	 * Queries the browser if setSize method is supported.
	 *
	 * @return true if the method is fully implemented
	 */
	public boolean isSetSizeSupported();
	/**
	 * Causes the browser to be moved to the specified location. If the actual
	 * browser is not visible, the next time it becomes visible, it will be
	 * shown at the give location
	 *
	 * @param x
	 *            horizontal coordinates of the left-top external corner
	 * @param y
	 *            vertical coordinates of the left-top external corner
	 */
	public void setLocation(int x, int y);
	/**
	 * Causes the browser to be resized to the specified size. If the actual
	 * browser is not visible, the next time it becomes visible, it will be
	 * shown with the give size.
	 *
	 * @param width
	 *            width in pixels
	 * @param height
	 *            height in pixels external corner
	 */
	public void setSize(int width, int height);
}