package com.onaro.sanscreen.client.view.tabular;

import java.util.Set;

import com.onaro.sanscreen.client.IWarningRequired;
import com.onaro.sanscreen.client.view.IViewDirectorLoader;
import com.onaro.sanscreen.client.view.selection.ListObjectSelectionModel.ListToObjectTranslator;

public interface ITabularDirectorLoader extends IViewDirectorLoader, IWarningRequired {

	/**
	 * TODO: rename this, setLoader
	 */
	public void setTabularDirectorLoaderSite(ITabularDirectorLoaderSite site);
	
	public AbstractTabularTableModel<?> getTableModel();

	public int getFlaggedColumnIndex();

	/**
	 * Gets the default sorting column.
	 * 
	 * @return the default sorting column, -1 for no default
	 */
	public int getDefaultSortingColumn();

	/**
	 * Gets the default sorting order.
	 * 
	 * @return true if the default sorting order is ascending
	 */
	public boolean isDefaultAscendingSorting();
	
	/**
	 * Get the selection types that are consumable by this tabular director loader based off the
	 * list of producible selection types.
	 * 
	 * TODO: JDM - Consider changing the parameter value & return value to ObjectType rather than string
	 * we might not be able to do this easily because some views may not have ObjectType selections.
	 * 
	 * @param producibleSelectionTypes the possible selection types being sent to this view.
	 * @return the selection types that this view can consume.
	 */
	public Set<String> getConsumableSelectionTypes(Set<String> producibleSelectionTypes);
	

	/**
	 * Get the selection types produced by this view, or <code>null<code> if unknown. May be an empty set.
	 */
	public Set<String> getSelectionTypes();
	
	public ListToObjectTranslator getListToObjectTranslator();
}