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//
// References.cs - defines an object that references a ReferencedBy object
//
// Author:
// Michael Becker <alcexhim@gmail.com>
//
// Copyright (c) 2011-2020 Mike Becker's Software
//
// This program 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.
//
// This program 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 this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
using System;
namespace UniversalEditor
{
/// <summary>
/// Defines an object that references a <see cref="T:ReferencedBy`1" /> object.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TRef">The <see cref="T:ReferencedBy`1" /> object referenced by this <see cref="T:References`1" /> object.</typeparam>
public interface References<TRef>
{
/// <summary>
/// Creates or returns an existing <see cref="T:ReferencedBy`1" /> object referring to this <see cref="T:References`1" /> object.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>A <see cref="T:ReferencedBy`1" /> object that can be used to create additional instances of this <see cref="T:References`1" /> object.</returns>
TRef MakeReference();
}
/// <summary>
/// Defines an object that is referenced by the given <see cref="T:References`1" /> object.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TObj">The <see cref="T:References`1" /> object which references this <see cref="T:ReferencedBy`1" /> object.</typeparam>
public interface ReferencedBy<TObj>
{
/// <summary>
/// Creates an instance of this <see cref="T:ReferencedBy`1" /> object from the <see cref="Type" /> described in the associated <see cref="T:References`1" /> object.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>An instance of this <see cref="T:ReferencedBy`1" /> object created from the <see cref="Type" /> described in the associated <see cref="T:References`1" /> object.</returns>
TObj Create();
/// <summary>
/// Gets the detail fields that are shown in lists of this <see cref="T:ReferencedBy`1" /> object in details view.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>An array of <see cref="String" />s that are shown in detail columns of lists of this <see cref="T:ReferencedBy`1" /> object.</returns>
string[] GetDetails();
}
}