Application: gvSIG desktop

/**

 * gvSIG. Desktop Geographic Information System.

 *

 * Copyright (C) 2007-2013 gvSIG Association.

 *

 * This program 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.

 *

 * This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software

 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,

 * MA  02110-1301, USA.

 *

 * For any additional information, do not hesitate to contact us

 * at info AT gvsig.com, or visit our website www.gvsig.com.

 */

package org.gvsig.andami.actioninfo;

import java.util.Iterator;

import org.gvsig.andami.plugins.IExtension;

public interface ActionInfoManager {

        /**

         * Create a new action and return.

         * 

         * @param extension, class that execute the action, extends IExtension

         * @param name, name of the action

         * @param text, text to use to represent the action.

         * @param command, command used to execute the action

         * @param icon, icon used to represent the action

         * @param accelerator, the key which invokes the action

         * @param position, position of the action when it is represented in the user interface

         * @param tip, tooltip to associate to the action

         * @return

         */

    public ActionInfo createAction(Class<? extends IExtension> extension, String name, String text, String command, String icon, String accelerator, long position, String tip);

    /**

     * Register the action in the actions of the system, and return the action

     * that is registered.

     * 

     * If an action with the same name is in the system then actions are merged

     * and the merged action is returned and remain in the system.

     * 

     * @param action

     */

    public ActionInfo registerAction(ActionInfo action);

    /**

     * Retrieve an action by name

     * 

     * @param name

     * @return the action associated to this name

     */

    public ActionInfo getAction(String name);

    /**

     * Return an iterator over all registered actions.

     * 

     * @return iterator over al acctions

     */

    public Iterator<ActionInfo> getActions();

    public ActionInfoStatusCache createActionStatusCache();

    /**

     * Redirect the action source to the target.

     * 

     * @param sourceName of action

     * @param targetName of action

     */

    public void redirect(String sourceName, String targetName);

    public void execute(String actionName, Object[] parameters);

}