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package org.eclipse.search.ui;
import org.eclipse.ui.IMemento;
import org.eclipse.ui.part.IPageBookViewPage;
/**
 * Interface to be implemented by contributors to the extension point <code>org.eclipse.search.searchResultViewPages</code>.
 * A <code>ISearchResultPage</code> is used to show the search results for a
 * particular class of <code>ISearchResult</code> (as specified in the
 * <code>searchResultClass</code> attribute of the extension point) in the search
 * result view. <br>
 * <p>
 * Clients may implement this interface.
 * </p>
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface ISearchResultPage extends IPageBookViewPage {
	/**
	 * Returns an object representing the current user interface state of the
	 * page. For example, the current selection in a viewer. The UI state will
	 * be later passed into the <code>setInput()</code> method when the
	 * currently shown <code>ISearchResult</code> is shown again.
	 *
	 * @return an object representing the UI state of this page
	 */
	Object getUIState();
	/**
	 * Sets the search result to be shown in this search results page.
	 * Implementers should restore UI state (e.g. selection) from the previously
	 * saved <code>uiState</code> object.
	 *
	 * @param search the search result to be shown or <code>null</code> to clear the page.
	 * @param uiState the previously saved UI state
	 *
	 * @see ISearchResultPage#getUIState()
	 */
	void setInput(ISearchResult search, Object uiState);

	/**
	 * Sets the search view this search results page is shown in. This method will be called before
	 * the page is shown for the first time (i.e. before the page control is created).
	 *
	 * @param part the parent search view
	 */
	void setViewPart(ISearchResultViewPart part);
	/**
	 * Restores the page state. Note that this applies only to state that is
	 * saved across sessions.
	 *
	 * @param memento a memento to restore the page state from or <code>null</code>
	 *  if no previous state was saved
	 *
	 * @see #setInput(ISearchResult, Object)
	 */
	void restoreState(IMemento memento);
	/**
	 * Saves the page state in a memento. Note that this applies to state that
	 * should persist across sessions.
	 *
	 * @param memento a memento to receive the object state
	 *
	 * @see #getUIState()
	 */
	void saveState(IMemento memento);
	/**
	 * Sets the id for this page. This method will be called before any other
	 * initialization is done.
	 *
	 * @param id the id for this page
	 */
	void setID(String id);
	/**
	 * Returns the id set via <code>setID</code>.
	 *
	 * @return the id of this page
	 */
	String getID();

	/**
	 * Returns a user readable label for this search result page. The label will be
	 * used to describe the contents for the page to the user (for example it will be
	 * displayed in the search view title bar). To take an example from file search,
	 * a label might read like this: 'test' - 896 matches in workspace.
	 *
	 * @return the user readable label for this search result page
	 */
	String getLabel();
}
