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+/*
+ * Meviz - Various tools collection to work with multimedia.
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 -- 2019, Svjatoslav Agejenko, svjatoslav@svjatoslav.eu
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of version 3 of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * or later as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+*/
+
+package eu.svjatoslav.meviz.htmlindexer.layouts;
+
+import eu.svjatoslav.meviz.htmlindexer.IndexingContext;
+import eu.svjatoslav.meviz.htmlindexer.indexer.AbstractIndexer;
+import eu.svjatoslav.meviz.htmlindexer.metadata.DirectoryMetadata;
+import eu.svjatoslav.meviz.htmlindexer.metadata.fileTypes.AbstractFile;
+import eu.svjatoslav.meviz.htmlindexer.metadata.fileTypes.Picture;
+import eu.svjatoslav.meviz.htmlindexer.metadata.fileTypes.Video;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * In order to have possibility of several different layouts per directory.
+ * Universal interface is defined.
+ * <p>
+ * Layout implementation is responsible for actual HTML generation.
+ */
+
+public interface Layout {
+
+ /**
+ * Enlist directory.
+ */
+ void enlistDirectory(AbstractFile directory,
+ DirectoryMetadata parentDirectoryMetadata);
+
+ /**
+ * Enlist simple file.
+ */
+ void enlistFile(AbstractFile file,
+ DirectoryMetadata parentDirectoryMetadata);
+
+ /**
+ * Enlist image file.
+ */
+ void enlistImage(Picture picture,
+ DirectoryMetadata parentDirectoryMetadata);
+
+ /**
+ * Enlist video file.
+ */
+ void enlistVideo(Video file);
+
+ /**
+ * Return layout specific suffix that will be appended between
+ * index(suffix).html of generated file. This way multiple layouts can
+ * coexist in the same directory, each residing in its own HTML file.
+ */
+ String getFileNameSuffix();
+
+ /**
+ * After necessary files have been enlisted for particular directory, use
+ * this method to retrieve generated HTML result.
+ */
+ String getHtml(final boolean showTitle,
+ final boolean doHtmlHeaderAndFooter, DirectoryMetadata metadata)
+ ;
+
+ /**
+ * Initialize layout for particular directory.
+ */
+ void init(String galleryTitle, List<String> path,
+ final AbstractIndexer indexer, IndexingContext context);
+
+}