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""" Abstract base class for all action manager items. """


# Enthought library imports.
from enthought.traits.api import Bool, HasTraits, Instance, Str


class ActionManagerItem(HasTraits):
    """ Abstract base class for all action manager items.

    An action manager item represents a contribution to a shared UI resource
    such as a menu bar, menu or tool bar.

    Action manager items know how to add themselves to menu bars, menus and
    tool bars.  In a tool bar a contribution item is represented as a tool or a
    separator.  In a menu bar a contribution item is a menu, and in a menu
    a contribution item is a menu item or separator.

    """

    # The item's unique identifier ('unique' in this case means unique within
    # its group)
    id = Str

    # The group the item belongs to.
    parent = Instance('enthought.pyface.action.api.Group')

    # Is the item enabled?
    enabled = Bool(True)

    # Is the item visible?
    visible = Bool(True)

    ###########################################################################
    # 'ActionManagerItem' interface.
    ###########################################################################

    def add_to_menu(self, parent, menu, controller):
        """ Adds the item to a menu. """

        raise NotImplementedError

    def add_to_toolbar(self, parent, tool_bar, image_cache, controller):
        """ Adds the item to a tool bar. """
        
        raise NotImplementedError

#### EOF ######################################################################
