#region Disclaimer / License // Copyright (C) 2015, The Duplicati Team // http://www.duplicati.com, info@duplicati.com // // This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or // modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public // License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either // version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. // // This library 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 PURPOSE. See the GNU // Lesser General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public // License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software // Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA // #endregion using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace Duplicati.Library.Interface { /// /// The interface that defines a GUI for a plugable component, such as a backend or encryption module. /// All options are stored in a dictionary, which is persisted to the database. /// When creating a backup, the option dictionary will be empty, when editing, it will contain the contents from the last edit. /// The options in the dictionary are free form, and should contain the state of the userinterface. /// When the backup is invoked, the method is invoked with the options dictionary. /// At this point the control should setup the Duplicati options, based on the saved userinterface state. /// This enables the user interface to be decoupled from the actual options. /// public interface IGUIControl { /// /// The title of the page, shown as the wizard title or the tab caption /// string PageTitle { get; } /// /// The page description, shown as a helptext in the wizard or as a tooltip on a tab /// string PageDescription { get; } /// /// A method to retrieve a user interface control. /// The method should keep a reference to the dictionary. /// The control will be resized to fit in the container. /// /// The set of settings defined by the calling application /// A set of options, either empty or previously stored by the control /// The control that represents the user interface Control GetControl(IDictionary applicationSettings, IDictionary options); /// /// Method that is called when the user leaves the form. /// This method can be used to store data from the interface in the dictionary, /// so the user interface can be reconstructed later. /// Do not throw exceptions to interrupt this method as that will remove the "back" option in the wizard, /// return false in the method instead. /// /// The UI object created by the GetControl call void Leave(Control control); /// /// A method that is called when the form should be validated. /// The method should inform the user if the validation fails. /// /// The UI object created by the GetControl call /// True if the data is valid, false otherwise bool Validate(Control control); /// /// This method sets up the Duplicati options, based on a previous setup. /// The method should read the saved setup from , and set the appropriate . /// If the UI represents a backend, the function should return the backend URL, otherwise the return value is ignored. /// /// The set of settings defined by the calling application /// A set of previously saved options for the control /// A set of commandline options passed to Duplicati /// The destination path if the control is for a backend, otherwise null string GetConfiguration(IDictionary applicationSettings, IDictionary guiOptions, IDictionary commandlineOptions); } }