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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 EfficiOS Inc., Alexandre Montplaisir <alexmonthy@efficios.com>
+ *
+ * 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
+ */
+
+package org.lttng.scope.tmf2.views.core.timegraph.model.provider.drawnevents;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.FutureTask;
+
+import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
+import org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.trace.ITmfTrace;
+import org.lttng.scope.tmf2.views.core.TimeRange;
+import org.lttng.scope.tmf2.views.core.timegraph.model.render.drawnevents.TimeGraphDrawnEventRender;
+import org.lttng.scope.tmf2.views.core.timegraph.model.render.drawnevents.TimeGraphDrawnEventSeries;
+import org.lttng.scope.tmf2.views.core.timegraph.model.render.tree.TimeGraphTreeRender;
+
+import javafx.beans.property.BooleanProperty;
+import javafx.beans.property.ObjectProperty;
+
+/**
+ * Interface defining providers of drawn events.
+ *
+ * A "drawn event" is a symbol in a timegraph representing one particular
+ * (trace) event. Contrary to a trace event, a drawn event has both horizontal
+ * and vertical coordinates, being time and its corresponding time graph entry.
+ *
+ * @author Alexandre Montplaisir
+ * @see TimeGraphDrawnEventProviderManager
+ */
+public interface ITimeGraphDrawnEventProvider {
+
+ /**
+ * The trace from which the provider will fetch its events. The Property
+ * mechanisms can be used to sync with trace changes elsewhere in the
+ * framework.
+ *
+ * @return The target trace
+ */
+ ObjectProperty<@Nullable ITmfTrace> traceProperty();
+
+ /**
+ * The 'enabled' property of this provider. A provider can be created and
+ * registered to the manager, but considered disabled so that it stops
+ * painting its events.
+ *
+ * For example, if the user can uncheck elements in a list showing all
+ * existing event providers, this could disable said providers without
+ * completely destroying them.
+ *
+ * @return The enabled property
+ */
+ BooleanProperty enabledProperty();
+
+ /**
+ * Return the {@link TimeGraphDrawnEventSeries} provided by this provider. A
+ * single provider should manage a single event series; different providers
+ * should be implemented for different series.
+ *
+ * @return The event series of this provider
+ */
+ TimeGraphDrawnEventSeries getEventSeries();
+
+ /**
+ * Query for a render of drawn events on this provider.
+ *
+ * @param treeRender
+ * The tree render of the timegraph to paint on
+ * @param timeRange
+ * The time range of the timegraph (and trace) to run the query
+ * on.
+ * @param task
+ * If this method is called from within a {@link FutureTask}, it
+ * can optionally be passed here. If the execution is expected to
+ * take a long time, the implementation is suggested to
+ * periodically check this parameter for cancellation.
+ * @return The corresponding event render that contains the result of the
+ * query
+ */
+ TimeGraphDrawnEventRender getEventRender(TimeGraphTreeRender treeRender,
+ TimeRange timeRange, @Nullable FutureTask<?> task);
+}