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package com.sun.max.ins.view;
import com.sun.max.ins.*;
import com.sun.max.ins.gui.*;
/**
* Manager for a kind of Inspector view that is a singleton which can either be active (the instance
* exists and is visible) or not.
*/
public interface SingletonViewManager<Inspector_Kind extends InspectorView> extends ViewManager<Inspector_Kind> {
/**
* Activates the singleton view, newly created if necessary.
*
* @return the instance that implements the singleton view
*/
InspectorView<Inspector_Kind> activateView();
/**
* Gets an action that highlights the, newly created if needed, view
* managed by this manager.
*
* @return the action for activating this manager's singleton view.
*/
InspectorAction activateSingletonViewAction();
/**
* Disposes this manager's singleton view.
*/
void deactivateView();
}