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package com.nokia.carbide.search.system.ui;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.OperationCanceledException;
/**
 * Represents a particular search query (in a Java example, a query might
 * be "find all occurrences of 'foo' in workspace"). When it's run method is
 * called, the query places any results it finds in the
 * <code>ISearchResult</code> that can be accessed via getSearchResult().
 * Note that <code>getSearchResult</code> may be called at any time, even
 * before the <code>run()</code> method has been called. An empty search
 * result should be returned in that case.
 * <p>
 * Clients may implement this interface.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface ISearchQuery {
	/**
	 * This is the method that actually does the work, i.e. finds the results of
	 * the search query.
	 * 
	 * @param monitor the progress monitor to be used
	 * 
	 * @return the status after completion of the search job. 
	 * @throws OperationCanceledException Thrown when the search query has been canceled.
	 */
	IStatus run(IProgressMonitor monitor) throws OperationCanceledException;
	/**
	 * Returns a user readable label for this query. This will be used, for
	 * example to set the <code>Job</code> name if this query is executed in
	 * the background. Note that progress notification (for example, the number
	 * of matches found) should be done via the progress monitor passed into the
	 * <code>run(IProgressMonitor)</code> method
	 * 
	 * @return the user readable label of this query
	 */
	String getLabel();
	/**
	 * Returns whether the query can be run more than once. Some queries may
	 * depend on transient information and return <code>false</code>.
	 * 
	 * @return whether this query can be run more than once
	 */
	boolean canRerun();
	/**
	 * Returns whether this query can be run in the background. Note that
	 * queries must do proper locking when they are run in the background (e.g.
	 * get the appropriate workspace locks).
	 * 
	 * @return whether this query can be run in the background
	 */
	boolean canRunInBackground();
	/**
	 * Returns the search result associated with this query. This method can be
	 * called before run is called.
	 * 
	 * @return this query's search result
	 */
	ISearchResult getSearchResult();
}
