001/*
002 *  Copyright 2015 Anyware Services
003 *
004 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
008 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009 *
010 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014 *  limitations under the License.
015 */
016package org.ametys.plugins.explorer.applications;
017
018import java.util.Map;
019
020import org.ametys.core.ui.ClientSideElement;
021import org.ametys.plugins.explorer.ExplorerNode;
022
023/**
024 * An explorer application.
025 * Basically a client side element that can provide
026 * some data or behavior specific to the application
027 */
028public interface ExplorerApplication extends ClientSideElement
029{
030    /**
031     * Provides a map of additional parameters specific to the application
032     * @return The map of additional parameters
033     */
034    public Map<String, Object> getAdditionalExplorerParameters();
035    
036    /**
037     * Provides a map of additional parameters that will be used to generate
038     * the explorer node corresponding to this application
039     * @param node The application node
040     * @return The map of additional parameters 
041     */
042    public Map<String, String> getAdditionalNodeParameters(ExplorerNode node);
043}