// Kyoo - A portable and vast media library solution.
// Copyright (c) Kyoo.
//
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//
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// any later version.
//
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// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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//
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using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Kyoo.Abstractions.Models;
using Kyoo.Abstractions.Models.Exceptions;
namespace Kyoo.Abstractions.Controllers
{
///
/// An interface to identify episodes, shows and metadata based on the episode file.
///
public interface IIdentifier
{
///
/// Identify a path and return the parsed metadata.
///
/// The path of the episode file to parse.
///
/// The identifier could not work for the given path.
///
///
/// A tuple of models representing parsed metadata.
/// If no metadata could be parsed for a type, null can be returned.
///
Task<(Collection, Show, Season, Episode)> Identify(string path);
///
/// Identify an external subtitle or track file from it's path and return the parsed metadata.
///
/// The path of the external track file to parse.
///
/// The identifier could not work for the given path.
///
///
/// The metadata of the track identified.
///
Task