diff -r 5b9d4d8641ce -r ae255c9aa552 sysperfana/perfinvestigator/com.nokia.carbide.cpp.pi/src/com/nokia/carbide/cpp/pi/export/ITraceProvider.java
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+++ b/sysperfana/perfinvestigator/com.nokia.carbide.cpp.pi/src/com/nokia/carbide/cpp/pi/export/ITraceProvider.java	Wed Jun 23 15:05:09 2010 +0300
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). 
+ * All rights reserved.
+ * This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+ * under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available
+ * at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
+ *
+ * Initial Contributors:
+ * Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *
+ */
+package com.nokia.carbide.cpp.pi.export;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
+import com.nokia.carbide.cpp.internal.pi.plugin.model.ITrace;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for binding external trace data providers for Performance
+ * Investigator. Only a single trace data provider instance at a time is
+ * supported. In case more that a single trace data providers are available the
+ * selection among them is undeterministic.
+ */
+public interface ITraceProvider {
+
+	public final static String DAT_FILE = "dat"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	public final static String BASE_FILE = "base64"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	public final static String BASE_CORRUPTED_FILE = "corrupted_base64"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Get available list of the plug-ins from the device
+	 * 
+	 * @param traceClient instance of the ITraceClientNotificationsIf
+	 * @param monitor
+	 *            instance of the {@link IProgressMonitor}
+	 * @return list of the available plug-ins
+	 * @throws CoreException
+	 */
+	public List<ITrace> getAvailableSamplers(ITraceClientNotificationsIf traceClient, IProgressMonitor monitor)
+			throws CoreException;
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets preference page ID for the user trace source.
+	 * 
+	 * @return preference page ID for the user trace source
+	 */
+	public String getTraceSourcePreferencePageId();
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets current connections display name.
+	 * 
+	 * @return current connections display name
+	 */
+	public String getDisplayNameForCurrentConnection(IProgressMonitor monitor)
+			throws CoreException;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Start to trace data from device
+	 * 
+	 * @param filePrefix profiler data file's prefix
+	 * @param traceIds plug-in IDs to trace
+	 * @param traceClient instance of the ITraceClientNotificationsIf
+	 * @param monitor instance of the {@link IProgressMonitor}
+	 * @throws CoreException
+	 */
+	public void startTrace(String filePrefix, int[] traceIds,
+			ITraceClientNotificationsIf traceClient, IProgressMonitor monitor)
+			throws CoreException;
+
+	/**
+	 * Stop the trace
+	 * 
+	 * @param forceStop do force stop
+	 * @return location where the trace data file is located
+	 * @throws CoreException
+	 */
+	public IPath stopTrace(boolean forceStop) throws CoreException;
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Check is listener activated
+	 * 
+	 * @return the listener activation status
+	 */
+	public boolean isListening();
+}