//
// VMime library (http://vmime.sourceforge.net)
// Copyright (C) 2002-2004 Vincent Richard <vincent@vincent-richard.net>
//
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#ifndef VMIME_MESSAGING_PROGRESSIONLISTENER_HPP_INCLUDED
#define VMIME_MESSAGING_PROGRESSIONLISTENER_HPP_INCLUDED


namespace vmime {
namespace messaging {


/** An interface to implement if you want to be notified
  * of a progression status by some objects.
  */

class progressionListener
{
protected:

	virtual ~progressionListener() { }

public:

	/** Allow the caller object to cancel the current operation.
	  *
	  * @warning WARNING: this is implementation-dependant: the underlying
	  * messaging protocol may not support this).
	  *
	  * @return true to cancel the operation, false otherwise
	  */
	virtual const bool cancel() const = 0;

	/** Called at the beginning of the operation.
	  *
	  * @param predictedTotal predicted amount of units (this has
	  * no concrete meaning: they are not bytes, nor percentage...)
	  */
	virtual void start(const int predictedTotal) = 0;

	/** Called during the operation (can be called several times).
	  *
	  * @param current current position
	  * @param currentTotal adjusted total amount of units
	  */
	virtual void progress(const int current, const int currentTotal) = 0;

	/** Called at the end of the operation.
	  *
	  * @param total final total amount of units
	  */
	virtual void stop(const int total) = 0;
};


} // messaging
} // vmime


#endif // VMIME_MESSAGING_PROGRESSIONLISTENER_HPP_INCLUDED