2 * This file is part of the Vamsas Client version 0.2.
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3 * Copyright 2010 by Jim Procter, Iain Milne, Pierre Marguerite,
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4 * Andrew Waterhouse and Dominik Lindner.
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6 * Earlier versions have also been incorporated into Jalview version 2.4
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7 * since 2008, and TOPALi version 2 since 2007.
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9 * The Vamsas Client is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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10 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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11 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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12 * (at your option) any later version.
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14 * The Vamsas Client is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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15 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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16 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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17 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
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19 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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20 * along with the Vamsas Client. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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22 package uk.ac.vamsas.client.picking;
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25 * Interface that defines the methods required for a pick manager.
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27 public interface IPickManager {
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32 * the message to send
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34 public void sendMessage(Message message);
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37 * Registers a message handler with the manager that allows the manager to
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38 * perform a method callback on that object whenever a message is received.
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41 * the message handler to register
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43 public void registerMessageHandler(IMessageHandler handler);
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46 * Shutsdown the pick manager processes, terminating any connections to other
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49 public void shutdown();
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