1 // The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 2 // 1.1 3 //(the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the 4 //License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/ 5 // 6 //Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, 7 //WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License 8 //for the specific language governing rights and 9 //limitations under the License. 10 // 11 //The Original Code is "The Columba Project" 12 // 13 //The Initial Developers of the Original Code are Frederik Dietz and Timo 14 // Stich. 15 //Portions created by Frederik Dietz and Timo Stich are Copyright (C) 2003. 16 // 17 //All Rights Reserved. 18 package org.columba.mail.gui.message.viewer; 19 20 import javax.swing.JComponent; 21 22 import org.columba.api.plugin.IExtensionInterface; 23 24 /** 25 * Implementing classes should retrieve the necessary information from the 26 * selected message and change their appearance appropriately. 27 * <p> 28 * You can put every component in place you want. 29 * 30 * @author fdietz 31 */ 32 public interface IViewer extends IExtensionInterface { 33 34 /** 35 * Update ui to reflect the changes. 36 * 37 */ 38 void updateGUI() throws Exception; 39 40 /** 41 * Return view of component. 42 * 43 * @return 44 */ 45 JComponent getView(); 46 47 /** 48 * Check if component should be viewed. 49 * 50 * @return true, if component is visible. False, otherwise. 51 */ 52 boolean isVisible(); 53 } 54