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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ *  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ *  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ *  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ *  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ *  under the License.    
+ *
+ * 
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.tools.utils;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public interface Console
+{
+    public enum CellFormat
+    {
+        CENTRED, LEFT, RIGHT
+    }    
+
+    public static String ROW_DIVIDER = "*divider";
+
+    public void print(String... message);
+
+    public void println(String... message);
+
+    public String readln();
+
+    /**
+     * Reads and parses the command line.
+     * 
+     *
+     * @return The next command or null
+     */
+    public String[] readCommand();
+
+    public CommandParser getCommandParser();
+
+    public void setCommandParser(CommandParser parser);
+
+    /**
+     *
+     *  Prints the list of String nicely.
+     *
+     *  +-------------+
+     *  |  Heading    |
+     *  +-------------+
+     *  |  Item 1     |
+     *  |  Item 2     |
+     *  |  Item 3     |
+     *  +-------------+
+     *
+     * @param hasTitle should list[0] be used as a heading
+     * @param list The list of Strings to display     
+     */
+    public void displayList(boolean hasTitle, String... list);
+
+    /**
+     *
+     *  Prints the list of String nicely.
+     *
+     *  +----------------------------+
+     *  |  Heading                   |
+     *  +----------------------------+
+     *  |  title      |  title       |   ..
+     *  +----------------------------+
+     *  |  Item 2     |  value 2     |   ..
+     *  +----------------------------+ (*divider)
+     *  |  Item 3     |  value 2     |   ..
+     *  +----------------------------+
+     *
+     * @param title The title to display if any
+     * @param entries the entries to display in a map.
+     */
+    void printMap(String title, List<List> entries);
+
+
+    public void close();
+}