taverna-external-tool-activity/src/main/java/net/sf/taverna/t2/activities/externaltool/manager/InvocationGroupManager.java

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package net.sf.taverna.t2.activities.externaltool.manager;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

import net.sf.taverna.t2.lang.observer.Observer;

/**
 *
 *
 * @author David Withers
 */
public interface InvocationGroupManager {

	public void addInvocationGroup(InvocationGroup group);

	public void replaceInvocationGroup(InvocationGroup originalGroup,
			InvocationGroup replacementGroup);

	public void removeInvocationGroup(InvocationGroup group);

	public void replaceInvocationMechanism(InvocationMechanism originalMechanism,
			InvocationMechanism replacementMechanism);

	public void removeMechanism(InvocationMechanism mechanism);

	public HashSet<InvocationGroup> getInvocationGroups();

	public InvocationGroup getDefaultGroup();

	public Set<InvocationMechanism> getMechanisms();

	public void addMechanism(InvocationMechanism mechanism);

	public InvocationMechanism getDefaultMechanism();

	public boolean containsGroup(InvocationGroup group);

	public InvocationMechanism getInvocationMechanism(String defaultMechanismName);

	public void mechanismChanged(InvocationMechanism im);
	
	/**
	 * Get the directory where the invocation information will be/is saved to.
	 */
	public File getInvocationManagerDirectory();

	public void saveConfiguration();

	public void groupChanged(InvocationGroup group);

	public void addObserver(Observer<InvocationManagerEvent> observer);

	public List<Observer<InvocationManagerEvent>> getObservers();

	public void removeObserver(Observer<InvocationManagerEvent> observer);

	public void deleteRun(String runId);

	public void persistInvocations();

	public void loadInvocations();

	public boolean containsMechanism(InvocationMechanism invocationMechanism);

	public InvocationGroup getGroupReplacement(InvocationGroup group);

	public InvocationMechanism getMechanismReplacement(String invocationMechanismSpecification);

	public InvocationGroup getImportedGroup(String groupSpecification);

	public InvocationMechanism getImportedMechanism(String mechanismSpecification);

	public void importMechanism(String invocationMechanismSpecification,
			InvocationMechanism createdMechanism);

	public void importInvocationGroup(String invocationGroupSpecification,
			InvocationGroup invocationGroup);

}