001/*
002 * Copyright 2010-2015 Institut Pasteur.
003 * 
004 * This file is part of Icy.
005 * 
006 * Icy is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
007 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
008 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
009 * (at your option) any later version.
010 * 
011 * Icy is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
012 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
013 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
014 * GNU General Public License for more details.
015 * 
016 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
017 * along with Icy. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
018 */
019package icy.plugin.interface_;
020
021/**
022 * Plugin Threaded interface.<br>
023 * <br>
024 * By default a plugin is launched on the AWT Event Dispatch Thread so GUI creation
025 * can be done directly without <code>invokeLater</code> calls.<br>
026 * A common problem is that long process will actually lock the EDT and make GUI not responding.<br>
027 * <br>
028 * A plugin implementing this interface will have both its <code>run()</code> methods called
029 * in a separate thread but developer has to use <code>invokeLater</code> method
030 * for GUI creation / modification. Also there is no more guarantee that plugin constructor is called
031 * in the EDT (which is the case for default plugin).
032 * 
033 * @author Stephane
034 */
035public interface PluginThreaded extends Runnable, PluginStartAsThread
036{
037
038}