/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2007 Intel Corporation and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     Intel Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.cdt.ui.newui;

import org.eclipse.core.resources.IProject;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable;

import org.eclipse.cdt.core.settings.model.ICConfigurationDescription;
import org.eclipse.cdt.core.settings.model.ICResourceDescription;
import org.eclipse.cdt.ui.dialogs.ICOptionContainer;

/**
 * Interface provides a set of utility methods
 * provided by new CDT model property page.
 * Property tabs associated to this page receive
 * link to this interface and, so, can access
 * required data, such as project, config etc.
 * 
 * In addition, some methods allow to send 
 * control messages to other pages / tabs.
 */

public interface ICPropertyProvider extends ICOptionContainer {
	
	// new list of config descriptions for given project
	ICConfigurationDescription[] getCfgsReadOnly(IProject p);
	// list of loaded config descriptions for current project 
	ICConfigurationDescription[] getCfgsEditable();
	// Resource description for given object in current cfg
	ICResourceDescription getResDesc();
	// Resource description for given object, in given cfg
	ICResourceDescription getResDesc(ICConfigurationDescription cfgd);
	// get Affected object (project, folder, file) 
	IAdaptable getElement();
	// ask page to enable or disable config selection
	void enableConfigSelection (boolean enable);
	
	//
	// set of methods intended to handle messages
	//
	// 1. send message to all tabs in all pages
	void informAll(int code, Object data);
	// 2. send message to all pages. 
	void informPages(int code, Object data);
	// 3. send message only to current page
	void handleMessage(int code, Object data);
	
	//
	// set of methods for object kind check
	//
	boolean isForProject();
	boolean isForFolder();
	boolean isForFile();
	boolean isForPrefs();
	
	// Checks whether a project is new CDT model-style
	boolean isCDTProject(IProject p);
	boolean isMultiCfg();

}
