#region License Information
/* HeuristicLab
* Copyright (C) 2002-2013 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL)
*
* This file is part of HeuristicLab.
*
* HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* HeuristicLab is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with HeuristicLab. If not, see .
*/
#endregion
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace HeuristicLab.PluginInfrastructure {
///
/// Interface for application managers.
///
public interface IApplicationManager {
///
/// Gets all discovered plugins.
///
IEnumerable Plugins { get; }
///
/// Gets all discovered applications.
///
IEnumerable Applications { get; }
///
/// Discovers and creates instances of and all types implementing or inheriting (directly and indirectly).
///
/// The type or super-type to discover.
/// An enumerable of instances of the discovered types.
IEnumerable GetInstances() where T : class;
///
/// Discovers and creates instances of and all types implementing or inheriting (directly and indirectly).
///
/// The type or super-type to discover.
/// An enumerable of instances of the discovered types.
IEnumerable