From 2929c2b4de44ea26009323186c637e53a151907f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brandon <brandon@asiimaging.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 16:06:48 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add getModel() to reach the plugin's model from pycromanager

---
 .../lightsheetmanager/LightSheetManagerPlugin.java | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/LightSheetManagerPlugin.java b/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/LightSheetManagerPlugin.java
index 5af8952..2e97db1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/LightSheetManagerPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/LightSheetManagerPlugin.java
@@ -11,15 +11,27 @@
 
 @Plugin(type = MenuPlugin.class)
 public class LightSheetManagerPlugin implements MenuPlugin, SciJavaPlugin {
+
     public static final String copyright = "Applied Scientific Instrumentation (ASI), 2022-2026";
     public static final String description = "A plugin to control various types of light sheet microscopes.";
     public static final String menuName = "Light Sheet Manager";
     public static final String version = "0.7.8";
 
     private Studio studio_;
-    private LightSheetManager model_;
+
+    // volatile for visibility: written on the edt, read from the pycromanager server thread
+    private volatile LightSheetManager model_;
     private LightSheetManagerFrame frame_;
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the model the plugin is currently running.
+     *
+     * @return the model, or null if the plugin is not open
+     */
+    public LightSheetManager getModel() {
+        return model_;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void setContext(final Studio studio) {
         studio_ = studio;