/*

  * Created on Sep 14, 2006 by wyatt

  * 

  * The interface which can be extended to create export files

  */

 package org.homeunix.thecave.buddi.plugin.api;

 import java.io.File;

 import org.homeunix.thecave.buddi.i18n.BuddiKeys;

 import org.homeunix.thecave.buddi.plugin.api.exception.PluginException;

 import org.homeunix.thecave.buddi.plugin.api.exception.PluginMessage;

 import org.homeunix.thecave.buddi.plugin.api.model.ImmutableDocument;

 import org.homeunix.thecave.buddi.plugin.api.model.MutableDocument;

 import ca.digitalcave.moss.application.plugin.MossPlugin;

 import ca.digitalcave.moss.swing.MossDocumentFrame;

 /**

  * The abstract class to extend when creating an export plugin.  The method exportData() 

  * is the one which is called by Buddi when executing the plugin.  In this method,

  * you have access to the main document object, the frame from which the plugin was

  * called, and the file to export to. 

  * 

  * @author wyatt

  *

  */

 public abstract class BuddiExportPlugin extends MenuPlugin implements MossPlugin, FileAccess {

         /**

          * Exports data as required.  The plugin launch code will prompt for a file

          * and pass it in (unless you override the isPromptForFile() method to return false).

          * 

          * This method is executed from the launch code within a SwingWorker thread.  Once this

          * method is completed, the launch code will update all windows with any new information

          * which may have come from this plugin.  Thus, it is not a good idea to use any threads

          * in this method, unless you can guarantee that this method will not complete until 

          * all data processing is completed.

          * 

          * As well, since this method is not run from the AWT Event thread, you should not display

          * any Swing objects here, as it can potentially cause deadlocks in some situations.  This

          * should not be a problem for most plugins, as they just need a file (provided), and that is

          * all.  If you do need to display some Swing objects, you can do so using the 

          * SwingUtilities.invokeLater() method.

          */

         public abstract void exportData(ImmutableDocument model, MossDocumentFrame callingFrame, File file) throws PluginException, PluginMessage;

         @Override

         public void processData(MutableDocument model, MossDocumentFrame callingFrame, File file) throws PluginException, PluginMessage {

                 exportData(model, callingFrame, file);

         }

         public String getDescription() {

                 return BuddiKeys.FILE_DESCRIPTION_BUDDI_EXPORT_FILES.toString();

         }

         public String getProcessingMessage() {

                 return BuddiKeys.MESSAGE_EXPORTING_FILE.toString();

         }

         @Override

         public boolean isFileChooserSave() {

                 return true;

         }

 }