platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/Executor.java

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package com.intellij.execution;

import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.ExtensionPointName;
import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

import javax.swing.*;

/**
 * Describes a specific way of executing any possible run configuration. The three default executors provided by the IntelliJ Platform
 * by default are Run, Debug and (in IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate and certain platform-based IDEs) Run with Coverage. Each executor gets its
 * own toolbar button, which starts the selected run configuration using this executor, and its own context menu item for starting
 * a configuration using this executor.
 *
 * @author spleaner
 */
public abstract class Executor {
  public static final ExtensionPointName<Executor> EXECUTOR_EXTENSION_NAME = ExtensionPointName.create("com.intellij.executor");

  /**
   * Returns the ID of the toolwindow in which the run tabs created by this executor will be displayed.
   *
   * @return the ID of the toolwindow (usually {@link com.intellij.openapi.wm.ToolWindowId#RUN} or
   * {@link com.intellij.openapi.wm.ToolWindowId#DEBUG}).
   */
  public abstract String getToolWindowId();
  public abstract Icon getToolWindowIcon();

  /**
   * Returns the 16x16 icon for the toolbar button corresponding to the executor.
   *
   * @return the icon.
   */
  @NotNull
  public abstract Icon getIcon();

  /**
   * Returns the 16x16 icon for the disabled toolbar button corresponding to the executor.
   *
   * @return the icon for the disabled button.
   */
  public abstract Icon getDisabledIcon();

  /**
   * Returns the action description (text displayed in the status bar) for the toolbar button corresponding to the executor.
   *
   * @return the executor action description.
   */
  public abstract String getDescription();

  @NotNull
  public abstract String getActionName();

  /**
   * Returns the unique ID of the executor.
   * @return the ID of the executor.
   */
  @NotNull
  @NonNls
  public abstract String getId();

  @NotNull
  public abstract String getStartActionText();

  @NonNls
  public abstract String getContextActionId();

  @NonNls
  public abstract String getHelpId();

  public String getStartActionText(String configurationName) {
    return getStartActionText() + (StringUtil.isEmpty(configurationName) ? "" : " '" + StringUtil.first(configurationName, 30, true) + "'");
  }
}