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//  09/02/2010 - J. Ritchie Carroll
//       Generated original version of source code.
//  12/20/2012 - Starlynn Danyelle Gilliam
//       Modified Header.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace GSF.TimeSeries.Adapters
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Represents the abstract interface for any incoming adapter.
    /// </summary>
    public interface IInputAdapter : IAdapter
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Provides new measurements from input adapter.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// <see cref="EventArgs{T}.Argument"/> is a collection of new measurements for host to process.
        /// </remarks>
        event EventHandler<EventArgs<ICollection<IMeasurement>>> NewMeasurements;

        /// <summary>
        /// Indicates to the host that processing for the input adapter has completed.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// This event is expected to only be raised when an input adapter has been designed to process
        /// a finite amount of data, e.g., reading a historical range of data during temporal processing.
        /// </remarks>
        event EventHandler ProcessingComplete;

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets <see cref="MeasurementKey.Source"/> values used to filter output measurements.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// This allows an adapter to associate itself with entire collections of measurements based on the source of the measurement keys.
        /// Set to <c>null</c> apply no filter.
        /// </remarks>
        string[] OutputSourceIDs
        {
            get;
            set;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets output measurement keys that are requested by other adapters based on what adapter says it can provide.
        /// </summary>
        MeasurementKey[] RequestedOutputMeasurementKeys
        {
            get;
            set;
        }
    }
}