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package com.oracle.solaris.vp.client.common;

import com.oracle.solaris.vp.panel.common.api.panel.CustomPanel;
import com.oracle.solaris.vp.panel.common.model.*;

/**
 * Interface for a generic panel descriptor to be used when all custom
 * panels appropriate to a particular client fail.
 */
public interface ErrorPanelDescriptor<C extends ManagedObject>
    extends PanelDescriptor<C>
{
    /**
     * Adds a new failure to the panel.
     *
     * @param panel the {@code CustomPanel} that failed
     * @param t the cause of the failure
     */
    void addError(CustomPanel panel, Throwable t);

    /**
     * Obtains the number of errors accumulated by the
     * {@code ErrorPanelDescriptor}
     *
     * @return the number of errors accumulated
     */
    int getErrorCount();
}