<?php
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*  (c) 2007-2009 Ingo Renner <ingo@typo3.org>
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***************************************************************/


/**
 * interface for classes which extend the backend by adding items to the top toolbar
 *
 * @author	Ingo Renner <ingo@typo3.org>
 * @package TYPO3
 * @subpackage t3lib
 */
interface backend_toolbarItem {

	/**
	 * constructor that receives a back reference to the backend
	 *
	 * @param	TYPO3backend	TYPO3 backend object reference
	 */
	public function __construct(TYPO3backend &$backendReference = null);

	/**
	 * checks whether the user has access to this toolbar item
	 *
	 * @return  boolean  true if user has access, false if not
	 */
	public function checkAccess();

	/**
	 * renders the toolbar item
	 *
	 * @return	string	the toolbar item rendered as HTML string
	 */
	public function render();

	/**
	 * returns additional attributes for the list item in the toolbar
	 *
	 * @return	string		list item HTML attibutes
	 */
	public function getAdditionalAttributes();
}

?>