ILogExpertCallback.cs

namespace ColumnizerLib;

/// <summary>
/// This callback interface is implemented by LogExpert. You can use it e.g. when implementing a
/// context menu plugin.
/// </summary>
[Obsolete("This interface is deprecated. Please use ILogExpertCallbackMemory for a memory based implementation instead.")]
public interface ILogExpertCallback : ILogLineColumnizerCallback
{
    #region Public methods

    /// <summary>
    /// Call this function to add a new temporary file tab to LogExpert. This may be usefull
    /// if your plugin creates some output into a file which has to be shown in LogExpert.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="fileName">Path of the file to be loaded.</param>
    /// <param name="title">Title shown on the tab.</param>
    /// <remarks>
    /// The file tab is internally handled like the temp file tabs which LogExpert uses for
    /// FilterTabs or clipboard copy tabs.
    /// This has some implications:
    /// <ul>
    ///   <li>The file path is not shown. Only the title is shown.</li>
    ///   <li>The encoding of the file is expected to be 2-byte Unicode!</li>
    ///   <li>The file will not be added to the history of opened files.</li>
    ///   <li>The file will be deleted when closing the tab!</li>
    /// </ul>
    /// </remarks>
    void AddTempFileTab (string fileName, string title);

    /// <summary>
    /// With this function you can create a new tab and add a bunch of text lines to it.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="lineEntryList">A list with LineEntry items containing text and an
    ///     optional reference to the original file location.</param>
    /// <param name="title">The title for the new tab.</param>
    /// <remarks>
    /// <para>
    /// The lines are given by a list of <see cref="LineEntry"/>. If you set the lineNumber field
    /// in each LineEntry to a lineNumber of the original logfile (the logfile for which the context
    /// menu is called for), you can create a 'link' from the line of your 'target output' to a line
    /// in the 'source tab'.
    /// </para>
    /// <para>
    /// The user can then navigate from the line in the new tab to the referenced
    /// line in the original file (by using "locate in original file" from the context menu).
    /// This is especially useful for plugins that generate output lines which are directly associated
    /// to the selected input lines.
    /// </para>
    /// <para>
    /// If you can't provide a reference to a location in the logfile, set the line number to -1. This
    /// will disable the "locate in original file" menu entry.
    /// </para>
    /// </remarks>
    void AddPipedTab (IList<LineEntry> lineEntryList, string title);

    /// <summary>
    /// Returns the title of the current tab (the tab for which the context menu plugin was called for).
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns></returns>
    string GetTabTitle ();

    #endregion
}