1 /*==================================================================== 2 3 Objectweb Explorer Framework 4 Copyright (C) 2000-2004 INRIA - USTL - LIFL - GOAL 5 Contact: openccm@objectweb.org 6 7 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 8 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 9 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 10 version 2.1 of the License, or any later version. 11 12 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 15 Lesser General Public License for more details. 16 17 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 18 License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 19 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 20 USA 21 22 Initial developer(s): Jerome Moroy, Philippe Merle. 23 Contributor(s): ______________________________________. 24 25 ====================================================================*/ 26 27 package org.objectweb.util.explorer.swing.gui.api; 28 29 /** 30 * This interface defines a graphical console for displaying data 31 * such as debugging messages. 32 * 33 * @author <a HREF="mailto:Jerome.Moroy@lifl.fr">Jerome Moroy</a> 34 * 35 * @version 0.1 36 */ 37 public interface Console { 38 39 /** 40 * Adds a message into the console. 41 * @param message The message to display. 42 */ 43 public void add(String message); 44 45 /** 46 * Clears the contains of the console. 47 */ 48 public void clear(); 49 50 /** 51 * Shows the console. 52 */ 53 public void show(); 54 55 /** 56 * Hides the console. 57 */ 58 public void hide(); 59 } 60 61