introducing microscopeController interface

pom.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 		<version>5.0</version> <relativePath /> </parent> -->
 	<groupId>embl.almf</groupId>
 	<artifactId>AutoMicTools_</artifactId>
-	<version>1.1.25</version>
+	<version>1.1.26-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>plugins/AutoMicTools_.jar</name>
 	<description>Collection of tools for automated (feedback) microscopy data acquisition and analysis</description>

src/main/java/automic/online/microscope/MicroscopeCommanderInterface.java

@@ -26,4 +26,11 @@ public interface MicroscopeCommanderInterface {
 	public void submitJobPixels(File _sourceImageFile, String _jobNameToPerform, Point3D _position) throws Exception;
 
 	public void submitJobPixels(File _sourceImageFile, String _jobNameToPerform, Point3D[] _positions) throws Exception;
+	
+	/**
+	 * method for creating class controlling default positions and imaging jobs at the microscope side.
+	 * Should return null when these functions are taken over by another software (e.g. in case of ZenBlack)
+	 * @return either null or object matching MicroscopeController interface. In case the output is not null, JobDistributor will start a special thread running this microscope controller.  
+	 */
+	public MicroscopeControllerInterface createMicroscopeController();
 }

src/main/java/automic/online/microscope/MicroscopeControllerInterface.java

+package automic.online.microscope;
+
+public interface MicroscopeControllerInterface {
+
+}

src/main/java/automic/online/microscope/ZenBlackCommander.java

@@ -41,5 +41,10 @@ public class ZenBlackCommander implements MicroscopeCommanderInterface {
 	throws Exception{
 		submitJobPixels(_sourceImageFile, _jobNameToPerform, _positions, null);
 	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public MicroscopeControllerInterface createMicroscopeController() {
+		return null;
+	}
 
 }

src/main/java/automic/online/microscope/ZenBlueCommander.java

@@ -184,4 +184,10 @@ public class ZenBlueCommander implements MicroscopeCommanderInterface{
 			return null;
 		return _array[_index];
 	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public MicroscopeControllerInterface createMicroscopeController() {
+		return null;
+	}
+
 }