using System;

namespace JSONAPI.Core

{

/// <summary>

/// Manages registrations of this API's resource types.

/// </summary>

public interface IResourceTypeRegistry

{

/// <summary>

/// Determines whether a given type has been registered.

/// </summary>

/// <param name="type">The type</param>

/// <returns>Whether the type is registered</returns>

bool TypeIsRegistered(Type type);

/// <summary>

/// Gets the registration for the given type.

/// </summary>

/// <param name="type">The type to get the registration for</param>

/// <returns>The registration for the given type.</returns>

/// <exception cref="TypeRegistrationNotFoundException">Thrown when the type was not registered</exception>

IResourceTypeRegistration GetRegistrationForType(Type type);

/// <summary>

/// Gets the registration for the given type.

/// </summary>

/// <param name="resourceTypeName">The name of the type to get the registration for</param>

/// <returns>The registration for the given type name.</returns>

/// <exception cref="TypeRegistrationNotFoundException">Thrown when the type name was not registered</exception>

IResourceTypeRegistration GetRegistrationForResourceTypeName(string resourceTypeName);

/// <summary>

/// Adds a registration to the registry.

/// </summary>

/// <param name="registration">The registration to add</param>

void AddRegistration(IResourceTypeRegistration registration);

}

}