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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace IPA.Config
{
/// <summary>
/// An interface for configuration providers.
/// </summary>
public interface IConfigProvider
{
/// <summary>
/// Loads the data provided by this <see cref="IConfigProvider"/> into an object of type <typeparamref name="T"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">the type of the object to parse into</typeparam>
/// <returns>the values from the config provider parsed into the object</returns>
T Parse<T>();
/// <summary>
/// Stores the data from <paramref name="obj"/> into the <see cref="IConfigProvider"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">the type of <paramref name="obj"/></typeparam>
/// <param name="obj">the object containing the data to save</param>
void Store<T>(T obj);
/// <summary>
/// Gets a dynamic object providing access to the configuration.
/// </summary>
dynamic Dynamic { get; }
#region State getters
/// <summary>
/// Returns <see langword="true"/> if object has changed since the last save
/// </summary>
bool HasChanged { get; }
/// <summary>
/// Will be set with the filename (no extension) to save to. When saving, the implimentation should add the appropriate extension. Should error if set multiple times.
/// </summary>
string Filename { set; }
/// <summary>
/// Gets the last time the config was modified.
/// </summary>
DateTime LastModified { get; }
/// <summary>
/// Saves configuration to file. Should error if not a root object.
/// </summary>
void Save();
/// <summary>
/// Loads the state of the file on disk.
/// </summary>
void Load();
#endregion
}
}