// /***************************************************************************
// Aaru Data Preservation Suite
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// Filename       : IPluginsRegister.cs
// Author(s)      : Natalia Portillo <claunia@claunia.com>
//
// Component      : Interfaces.
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// --[ Description ] ----------------------------------------------------------
//
//     Interface that declares class and methods to call to register plugins.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Aaru.CommonTypes.Interfaces;

/// <summary>Defines a register of all known plugins</summary>
public interface IPluginRegister
{
    /// <summary>Gets all checksum plugins</summary>
    /// <returns>List of checksum plugins</returns>
    List<Type> GetAllChecksumPlugins();

    /// <summary>Gets all filesystem plugins</summary>
    /// <returns>List of filesystem plugins</returns>
    List<Type> GetAllFilesystemPlugins();

    /// <summary>Gets all filter plugins</summary>
    /// <returns>List of filter plugins</returns>
    List<Type> GetAllFilterPlugins();

    /// <summary>Gets all floppy image plugins</summary>
    /// <returns>List of floppy image plugins</returns>
    List<Type> GetAllFloppyImagePlugins();

    /// <summary>Gets all media image plugins</summary>
    /// <returns>List of media image plugins</returns>
    List<Type> GetAllMediaImagePlugins();

    /// <summary>Gets all partition plugins</summary>
    /// <returns>List of partition plugins</returns>
    List<Type> GetAllPartitionPlugins();

    /// <summary>Gets all read-only filesystem plugins</summary>
    /// <returns>List of read-only filesystem plugins</returns>
    List<Type> GetAllReadOnlyFilesystemPlugins();

    /// <summary>Gets all writable floppy image plugins</summary>
    /// <returns>List of writable floppy image plugins</returns>
    List<Type> GetAllWritableFloppyImagePlugins();

    /// <summary>Gets all writable media image plugins</summary>
    /// <returns>List of writable media image plugins</returns>
    List<Type> GetAllWritableImagePlugins();

    /// <summary>Gets all archive plugins</summary>
    /// <returns>List of archive plugins</returns>
    List<Type> GetAllArchivePlugins();

    /// <summary>Gets all byte addressable plugins</summary>
    /// <returns>List of byte addressable plugins</returns>
    List<Type> GetAllByteAddressablePlugins();
}