From b9d84d8a7aa2557c51307addf9e80139f07bb14b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jprocter <Jim Procter>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 13:16:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] interface for windows that display progress bars

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 src/jalview/gui/IProgressIndicator.java |   18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/jalview/gui/IProgressIndicator.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/IProgressIndicator.java b/src/jalview/gui/IProgressIndicator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4acaba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/IProgressIndicator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package jalview.gui;
+
+/**
+ * Visual progress indicator interface.
+ * @author JimP
+ *
+ */
+public interface IProgressIndicator
+{
+  /**
+   * Visual indication of some operation taking place. 
+   * On first call with a particular ID an indicator with the given message is added. The indicator is removed with a second call with same ID. 
+   * @param message - displayed message for operation
+   * @param id - unique handle for this indicator
+   */
+  public abstract void setProgressBar(String message, long id);
+
+}
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