/*
* Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer ($$Version-Rel$$)
* Copyright (C) $$Year-Rel$$ The Jalview Authors
*
* This file is part of Jalview.
*
* Jalview is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3
* of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* Jalview is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
* of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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*
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*/
package jalview.api;
import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
import jalview.datamodel.AlignmentAnnotation;
/**
* Interface describing a worker that calculates alignment annotation(s). The
* main (re-)calculation should be performed by the inherited run() method.
*/
public interface AlignCalcWorkerI extends Callable
{
/**
* Answers true if this worker updates the given annotation (regardless of its
* current state)
*
* @param annot
* @return
*/
boolean involves(AlignmentAnnotation annot);
/**
* Updates the display of calculated annotation values (does not recalculate
* the values). This allows a quick redraw of annotations when display
* settings are changed.
*/
void updateAnnotation();
/**
* Removes any annotation(s) managed by this worker from the alignment
*/
void removeAnnotation();
/**
* Default implementation of call which calls run and propagates the
* exception.
*/
@Override
public default Void call() throws Exception
{
run();
return null;
}
/**
* The main calculation happens here
*/
public void run() throws Exception;
/**
* Answers true if the worker should be deleted entirely when its annotation
* is deleted from the display, or false if it should continue to run. Some
* workers are required to run for their side-effects.
*
* @return
*/
boolean isDeletable();
}