// Kyoo - A portable and vast media library solution.
// Copyright (c) Kyoo.
//
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//
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// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
// 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
// GNU General Public License for more details.
//
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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using JetBrains.Annotations;
using Kyoo.Abstractions.Models;
namespace Kyoo.Abstractions.Controllers
{
///
/// An interface to automatically retrieve metadata from external providers.
///
public interface IMetadataProvider
{
///
/// The corresponding to this provider.
/// This allow to map metadata to a provider, keep metadata links and
/// know witch is used for a specific .
///
Provider Provider { get; }
///
/// Return a new item with metadata from your provider.
///
///
/// The item to retrieve metadata from. Most of the time, only the name will be available but other
/// properties may be filed by other providers before a call to this method. This can allow you to identify
/// the collection on your provider.
///
///
/// You must not use metadata from the given .
/// Merging metadata is the job of Kyoo, a complex is given
/// to make a precise search and give you every available properties, not to discard properties.
///
/// The type of resource to retrieve metadata for.
/// A new containing metadata from your provider or null
[ItemCanBeNull]
Task Get([NotNull] T item)
where T : class, IResource;
///
/// Search for a specific type of items with a given query.
///
/// The search query to use.
/// The type of resource to search metadata for.
/// The list of items that could be found on this specific provider.
[ItemNotNull]
Task> Search(string query)
where T : class, IResource;
}
///
/// A special that merge results.
/// This interface exists to specify witch provider to use but it can be used like any other metadata provider.
///
public abstract class AProviderComposite : IMetadataProvider
{
///
[ItemNotNull]
public abstract Task Get(T item)
where T : class, IResource;
///
public abstract Task> Search(string query)
where T : class, IResource;
///
/// Since this is a composite and not a real provider, no metadata is available.
/// It is not meant to be stored or selected. This class will handle merge based on what is required.
///
public Provider Provider => null;
///
/// Select witch providers to use.
/// The associated with the given will be used.
///
/// The list of providers to use
public abstract void UseProviders(IEnumerable providers);
}
}