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1#region License Information
2/* HeuristicLab
3 * Copyright (C) 2002-2012 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL)
4 *
5 * This file is part of HeuristicLab.
6 *
7 * HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
10 * (at your option) any later version.
11 *
12 * HeuristicLab is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
15 * GNU General Public License for more details.
16 *
17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 * along with HeuristicLab. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
19 */
20#endregion
21
22using System;
23using System.Collections.Generic;
24
25namespace HeuristicLab.PluginInfrastructure {
26  /// <summary>
27  /// Interface for application managers.
28  /// </summary>
29  public interface IApplicationManager {
30    /// <summary>
31    /// Gets all discovered plugins.
32    /// </summary>
33    IEnumerable<IPluginDescription> Plugins { get; }
34
35    /// <summary>
36    /// Gets all discovered applications.
37    /// </summary>
38    IEnumerable<IApplicationDescription> Applications { get; }
39
40    /// <summary>
41    /// Discovers and creates instances of <typeparamref name="T"/> and all types implementing or inheriting <typeparamref name="T"/> (directly and indirectly).
42    /// </summary>
43    /// <typeparam name="T">The type or super-type to discover.</typeparam>
44    /// <returns>An enumerable of instances of the discovered types.</returns>
45    IEnumerable<T> GetInstances<T>() where T : class;
46
47    /// <summary>
48    /// Discovers and creates instances of <paramref name="type"/> and all types implementing or inheriting <paramref name="type"/> (directly and indirectly).
49    /// </summary>
50    /// <param name="type">The type or super-type to discover.</param>
51    /// <returns>An enumerable of instances of the discovered types.</returns>
52    IEnumerable<object> GetInstances(Type type);
53
54    /// <summary>
55    /// Discovers all types implementing or inheriting <paramref name="type"/> (directly and indirectly).
56    /// </summary>
57    /// <param name="type">The type to discover.</param>
58    /// <param name="onlyInstantiable">Return only types that are instantiable (instance, abstract... are not returned)</param>
59    /// <returns>An enumerable of discovered types.</returns>
60    IEnumerable<Type> GetTypes(Type type, bool onlyInstantiable = true, bool includeGenericTypeDefinitions = false);
61
62    /// <summary>
63    /// Discovers all types implementing or inheriting all or any type in <paramref name="types"/> (directly and indirectly).
64    /// </summary>
65    /// <param name="types">The types to discover.</param>
66    /// <param name="onlyInstantiable">Return only types that are instantiable (instance, abstract... are not returned)</param>
67    /// <param name="assignableToAllTypes">Specifies if discovered types must implement or inherit all given <paramref name="types"/>.</param>
68    /// <returns>An enumerable of discovered types.</returns>
69    IEnumerable<Type> GetTypes(IEnumerable<Type> types, bool onlyInstantiable = true, bool includeGenericTypeDefinitions = false, bool assignableToAllTypes = true);
70
71    /// <summary>
72    /// Discovers all types implementing or inheriting <paramref name="type"/> (directly and indirectly) that are declaed in any assembly of <paramref name="plugin"/>.
73    /// </summary>
74    /// <param name="type">The type to discover.</param>
75    /// <param name="plugin">The declaring plugin.</param>
76    /// <param name="onlyInstantiable">Return only types that are instantiable (instance, abstract... are not returned)</param>
77    /// <returns>An enumerable of discovered types.</returns>
78    IEnumerable<Type> GetTypes(Type type, IPluginDescription plugin, bool onlyInstantiable = true, bool includeGenericTypeDefinitions = false);
79
80    /// <summary>
81    /// Discovers all types implementing or inheriting all or any type in <paramref name="types"/> (directly and indirectly) that are declaed in any assembly of <paramref name="plugin"/>.
82    /// </summary>
83    /// <param name="types">The types to discover.</param>
84    /// <param name="plugin">The declaring plugin.</param>
85    /// <param name="onlyInstantiable">Return only types that are instantiable (instance, abstract... are not returned)</param>
86    /// /// <param name="assignableToAllTypes">Specifies if discovered types must implement or inherit all given <paramref name="types"/>.</param>
87    /// <returns>An enumerable of discovered types.</returns>
88    IEnumerable<Type> GetTypes(IEnumerable<Type> types, IPluginDescription plugin, bool onlyInstantiable = true, bool includeGenericTypeDefinitions = false, bool assignableToAllTypes = true);
89
90    /// <summary>
91    /// Finds the plugin that declares the <paramref name="type">type</paramref>.
92    /// </summary>
93    /// <param name="type">The type of interest.</param>
94    /// <returns>The description of the plugin that declares the given type or null if the type has not been declared by a known plugin.</returns>
95    IPluginDescription GetDeclaringPlugin(Type type);
96  }
97}
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