Emergency impending hard drive failure dump - lots of changes on the frontend, but they're all potentially controversial so I'm not pushing to master yet. Beginnings of show viewer. Application now run through demo menu, which allows for the links between modules to be tested.

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+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package uk.org.ury.frontend;
+
+
+/**
+ * Interface for classes providing the parent unit of a frontend 
+ * session.
+ * 
+ * This includes the FrontendFrame used in application mode as 
+ * well as applets.
+ * 
+ * @author  Matt Windsor
+ */
+
+public interface FrontendMaster
+{
+  /**
+   * Load a module into the frontend frame.
+   * 
+   * Loading will fail with a fatal error if the class is not found,
+   * or is not an implementor of FrontendModule.
+   * 
+   * @param moduleName  The fully qualified class-name of the module,
+   *                    minus the leading "uk.org.ury." domain.
+   */
+  
+  public void
+  loadModule (String moduleName);
+
+  
+  /**
+   * Load a module into the frontend frame, additionally installing 
+   * a control panel to communicate with the previous module.
+   * 
+   * Loading will fail with a fatal error if the class is not found,
+   * or is not an implementor of FrontendModule.
+   * 
+   * @param moduleName  The fully qualified class-name of the module,
+   *                    minus the leading "uk.org.ury." domain.
+   *                 
+   * @param cpanelName  The fully qualified class-name of the control
+   *                    panel to install, minus the leading 
+   *                    "uk.org.ury." domain.
+   */
+  
+  public void 
+  loadModule (String moduleName, String cPanelName);
+  
+  
+  /**
+   * Restore an existing module and control panel into the frontend 
+   * master.
+   * 
+   * @param mpanel  The module panel to restore.
+   * 
+   * @param cpanel  The control panel to restore.
+   * 
+   * @throws        IllegalArgumentException if either are null.
+   */
+  
+  public void
+  restoreModule (FrontendModulePanel mpanel, FrontendControlPanel cpanel);
+}