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59 lines
2.6 KiB
59 lines
2.6 KiB
using System;
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using System.IO;
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using IPA.Config.Data;
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namespace IPA.Config
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{
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/// <summary>
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/// An interface for configuration providers.
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/// </summary>
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/// <remarks>
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/// <para>
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/// Implementers must provide a default constructor. Do not assume that <see cref="File"/> will ever be set for a given object.
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/// </para>
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/// <para>
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/// Implementers are expected to preserve the typing of values passed to <see cref="Store"/> when returned from <see cref="Load"/>.
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/// The only exceptions to this are the numeric types, <see cref="Integer"/> and <see cref="FloatingPoint"/>, since they can be coerced
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/// to each other with <see cref="Integer.AsFloat"/> and <see cref="FloatingPoint.AsInteger"/> respectively. The provider <i>should</i>
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/// however store and recover <see cref="Integer"/> with as much precision as is possible. For example, a JSON provider may decide to
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/// decode all numbers that have an integral value, even if they were originally <see cref="FloatingPoint"/>, as <see cref="Integer"/>.
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/// This is reasonable, as <see cref="Integer"/> is more precise, particularly with larger values, than <see cref="FloatingPoint"/>.
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/// </para>
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/// </remarks>
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public interface IConfigProvider
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{
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/// <summary>
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/// Gets the extension <i>without</i> a dot to use for files handled by this provider.
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/// </summary>
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/// <remarks>
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/// This must work immediately, and is used to generate the <see cref="FileInfo"/> used to set
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/// <see cref="File"/>.
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/// </remarks>
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string Extension { get; }
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/// <summary>
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/// Sets the file that this provider will read and write to.
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/// </summary>
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/// <remarks>
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/// The provider is expected to gracefully handle this changing at any point,
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/// and is expected to close any old file handles when this is reassigned.
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/// This may be set to the same file multiple times in this object's lifetime.
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/// This will always have been set at least once before any calls to <see cref="Load"/>
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/// or <see cref="Store"/> are made.
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/// </remarks>
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FileInfo File { set; }
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/// <summary>
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/// Stores the <see cref="Value"/> given to disk in the format specified.
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/// </summary>
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/// <param name="value">the <see cref="Value"/> to store</param>
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void Store(Value value);
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/// <summary>
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/// Loads a <see cref="Value"/> from disk in whatever format this provider provides
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/// and returns it.
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/// </summary>
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/// <returns>the <see cref="Value"/> loaded</returns>
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Value Load();
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}
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}
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