Content of file EMFFormsLabelProvider.java

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 * Contributors:
 * Eugen Neufeld - initial API and implementation
 * Lucas Koehler - Added API to resolve DMRs against their root EClass
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package org.eclipse.emfforms.spi.core.services.label;

import org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.value.IObservableValue;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClass;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecp.view.spi.model.VDomainModelReference;

/**
 * The {@link EMFFormsLabelProvider} offers methods to get the display name and the description
 * for a model object referenced by a {@link VDomainModelReference} as an IObservableValue. The reference can optionally
 * be complemented by an {@link EObject} which is the root object of the {@link VDomainModelReference}. This enables to
 * get the texts for a
 * concrete instance.
 *
 * @author Eugen Neufeld
 *
 */
public interface EMFFormsLabelProvider {

	/**
	 * <p>
	 * Returns the display name of the referenced domain object.
	 * </p>
	 * <p>
	 * <strong>Important:</strong> Does not work with DMRs which use segments
	 * </p>
	 *
	 * @param domainModelReference The {@link VDomainModelReference} referencing the domain object
	 * @return The display name as an {@link IObservableValue}
	 * @throws NoLabelFoundException if the display name cannot be retrieved
	 * @deprecated This does not work with {@link VDomainModelReference domain model references} using
	 *             {@link org.eclipse.emf.ecp.view.spi.model.VDomainModelReferenceSegment segments}.
	 */
	@Deprecated
	IObservableValue getDisplayName(VDomainModelReference domainModelReference) throws NoLabelFoundException;

	/**
	 * Returns the display name of the referenced domain object resolved for the given root {@link EClass}.
	 *
	 * @param domainModelReference The {@link VDomainModelReference} referencing the domain object
	 * @param rootEClass The root {@link EClass} which is used to resolve the given {@link VDomainModelReference}
	 * @return The display name as an {@link IObservableValue}
	 * @throws NoLabelFoundException if the display name cannot be retrieved
	 * @since 1.19
	 */
	IObservableValue getDisplayName(VDomainModelReference domainModelReference, EClass rootEClass)
		throws NoLabelFoundException;

	/**
	 * Returns the display name of the referenced domain object resolved for the given root {@link EObject}.
	 *
	 * @param domainModelReference The {@link VDomainModelReference} referencing the domain object
	 * @param rootObject The root {@link EObject} which is used to resolve the given {@link VDomainModelReference}
	 * @return The display name as an {@link IObservableValue}
	 * @throws NoLabelFoundException if the display name cannot be retrieved
	 */
	IObservableValue getDisplayName(VDomainModelReference domainModelReference, EObject rootObject)
		throws NoLabelFoundException;

	/**
	 * <p>
	 * Returns the description of the referenced domain object.
	 * </p>
	 * <p>
	 * <strong>Important:</strong> Does not work with DMRs which use segments
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @param domainModelReference The {@link VDomainModelReference} referencing the model object
	 * @return The description as an {@link IObservableValue}
	 * @throws NoLabelFoundException if the description cannot be retrieved
	 * @deprecated This does not work with {@link VDomainModelReference domain model references} using
	 *             {@link org.eclipse.emf.ecp.view.spi.model.VDomainModelReferenceSegment segments}.
	 */
	@Deprecated
	IObservableValue getDescription(VDomainModelReference domainModelReference) throws NoLabelFoundException;

	/**
	 * Returns the description of the referenced domain object resolved for the given root {@link EClass}.
	 *
	 * @param domainModelReference The {@link VDomainModelReference} referencing the model object
	 * @param rootEClass The root {@link EClass} which is used to resolve the given {@link VDomainModelReference}
	 * @return The description as an {@link IObservableValue}
	 * @throws NoLabelFoundException if the description cannot be retrieved
	 * @since 1.19
	 */
	IObservableValue getDescription(VDomainModelReference domainModelReference, EClass rootEClass)
		throws NoLabelFoundException;

	/**
	 * Returns the description of the referenced domain object resolved for the given root {@link EObject}.
	 *
	 * @param domainModelReference The {@link VDomainModelReference} referencing the model object
	 * @param rootObject The root {@link EObject} which is used to resolve the given {@link VDomainModelReference}
	 * @return The description as an {@link IObservableValue}
	 * @throws NoLabelFoundException if the description cannot be retrieved
	 */
	IObservableValue getDescription(VDomainModelReference domainModelReference, EObject rootObject)
		throws NoLabelFoundException;
}