osd-contiki/tools/cooja/java/se/sics/cooja/Plugin.java

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/*
* Copyright (c) 2006, Swedish Institute of Computer Science.
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
* are met:
* 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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* documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
* 3. Neither the name of the Institute nor the names of its contributors
* may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
* without specific prior written permission.
*
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE INSTITUTE AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
* ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
* IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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*
*/
package se.sics.cooja;
import java.util.Collection;
import javax.swing.JInternalFrame;
import org.jdom.Element;
/**
* COOJA plugin. For graphical plugins, extend abstract class VisPlugin.
* A plugin should also use ClassDecription and PluginType.
*
* @see se.sics.cooja.ClassDescription
* @see se.sics.cooja.PluginType
* @see se.sics.cooja.VisPlugin
*
* @author Fredrik Osterlind
*/
public interface Plugin {
/**
* Graphical component of plugin (if any)
*/
public JInternalFrame getGUI();
/**
* This method is called to activate a new plugin, after constructing it.
* If a simulation is loaded, this method is called after {@link #setConfigXML(Collection, boolean)}.
*
* @see #setConfigXML(Collection, boolean)
* @see #closePlugin()
*/
public void startPlugin();
/**
* This method is called when an opened plugin is about to close.
* It should release any resources such as registered observers or
* opened interface visualizers.
*/
public void closePlugin();
/**
* Returns XML elements representing the current config of this plugin. This
* is fetched by the simulator for example when saving a simulation
* configuration file. For example a plugin may return the current size and
* position. This method should however not return state specific information
* such as the value of a mote LED, or total number of motes. (All nodes are
* restarted when loading a simulation.)
*
* @see #setConfigXML(Collection, boolean)
* @return XML elements representing the current radio medium config
*/
public Collection<Element> getConfigXML();
/**
* Sets the current plugin config depending on the given XML elements.
*
* @see #getConfigXML()
* @param configXML
* Config XML elements
* @return True if config was set successfully, false otherwise
*/
public boolean setConfigXML(Collection<Element> configXML,
boolean visAvailable);
}