// IWarFoundryFactory.cs
//
//  Copyright (C) 2008 IBBoard
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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using IBBoard.WarFoundry.API.Objects;

namespace IBBoard.WarFoundry.API.Factories
{
	public interface IWarFoundryFactory
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Checks if the factory thinks it can handle the supplied file. Checks can be performed on file extension or some basic check of file content, or some other method.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="file">
		/// A <see cref="FileInfo"/> for the file to check support for.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		/// <code>true</code> if the file appears to be supported for loading by this factory, else returns <code>false</code>
		/// </returns>
		bool CanHandleFileFormat(FileInfo file);	
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Reads the data from the supplied file and returns it as a collection of loadable objects.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="file">
		/// A <see cref="FileInfo"/> for the file to load data from
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		/// A <see cref="ICollection`1"/> of <see cref="IWarFoundryObject"/>s that were loaded from the file
		/// </returns>
		ICollection<IWarFoundryObject> CreateObjectsFromFile(FileInfo file);
	}
}