seb-win-refactoring/SafeExamBrowser.WindowsApi.Contracts/IExplorerShell.cs

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/*
* Copyright (c) 2022 ETH Zürich, Educational Development and Technology (LET)
*
* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
* License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
* file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
*/
namespace SafeExamBrowser.WindowsApi.Contracts
{
/// <summary>
/// Defines an abstraction of the Windows explorer shell (i.e. the process controlling the GUI of the operating system).
/// </summary>
public interface IExplorerShell
{
/// <summary>
/// Hides all currently opened windows. The explorer shell needs to be running in order to execute this operation!
/// </summary>
void HideAllWindows();
/// <summary>
/// Restores all previously hidden windows. The explorer shell needs to be running in order to execute this operation!
/// </summary>
void RestoreAllWindows();
/// <summary>
/// Starts the Windows explorer shell, if it isn't already running.
/// </summary>
void Start();
/// <summary>
/// Gracefully terminates the Windows explorer shell, if it is running.
/// </summary>
void Terminate();
}
}