diff --git a/BurnOutSharp/INEContentCheck.cs b/BurnOutSharp/INEContentCheck.cs
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+using BurnOutSharp.ExecutableType.Microsoft.NE;
+
+namespace BurnOutSharp
+{
+    // TODO: This should either include an override that takes a Stream instead of the byte[]
+    internal interface INEContentCheck
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Check a path for protections based on file contents
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="file">File to check for protection indicators</param>
+        /// <param name="fileContent">Byte array representing the file contents</param>
+        /// <param name="includeDebug">True to include debug data, false otherwise</param>
+        /// <param name="nex">NewExecutable representing the read-in file</param>
+        /// <returns>String containing any protections found in the file</returns>
+        string CheckNEContents(string file, byte[] fileContent, bool includeDebug, NewExecutable nex);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/BurnOutSharp/IPEContentCheck.cs b/BurnOutSharp/IPEContentCheck.cs
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+using BurnOutSharp.ExecutableType.Microsoft.PE;
+
+namespace BurnOutSharp
+{
+    // TODO: This should either include an override that takes a Stream instead of the byte[]
+    internal interface IPEContentCheck
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Check a path for protections based on file contents
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="file">File to check for protection indicators</param>
+        /// <param name="fileContent">Byte array representing the file contents</param>
+        /// <param name="includeDebug">True to include debug data, false otherwise</param>
+        /// <param name="pex">PortableExecutable representing the read-in file</param>
+        /// <returns>String containing any protections found in the file</returns>
+        string CheckPEContents(string file, byte[] fileContent, bool includeDebug, PortableExecutable pex);
+    }
+}