org.openide.awt
Interface CheckForUpdatesProvider

public interface CheckForUpdatesProvider

Provides a UI for Check for Updates feature, for example in About dialog. An instance of the provider should be installed in the default lookup using ServiceProvider.

Since:

7.45

Method Summary

String	getContentDescription() A description of content of enable Update Centers, assuming returns something like 7.1 patch1.
boolean	notifyAvailableUpdates(boolean reload) Runs a check for updates.
boolean	openCheckForUpdatesWizard(boolean reload) Opens a wizard for installation of updates if found some available.

Method Detail

openCheckForUpdatesWizard

boolean openCheckForUpdatesWizard(boolean reload)

Opens a wizard for installation of updates if found some available. Note: Call it from AWT queue only.

Parameters:

reload - if true then reload the content from all enabled Update Centers

Returns:

true if all updates were successfully installed, false otherwise.

notifyAvailableUpdates

boolean notifyAvailableUpdates(boolean reload)

Runs a check for updates. If some updates found, shows a notification in the status line. Note: It could be a time-consuming task, it should not be called from an event queue.

Parameters:

reload - if true then reload the content from all enabled Update Centers

Returns:

true if updates are available and users will be notified in the status line, false if no updates found.

getContentDescription

String getContentDescription()

A description of content of enable Update Centers, assuming returns something like 7.1 patch1. The description might contains HTML tags e.g. HTML Links.

Returns:

free-form description of content or null