using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using xModels.Base;

namespace xDataService.Interfaces
{
    /// <summary>
    /// an Interface to Intruduce Entities for Dynamic Registration ...
    /// </summary>
    public interface IXEntityRegisterar
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Database Name ...
        /// </summary>
        string Name { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns all entity types this plugin wants registered in the DbContext
        /// </summary>        
        IEnumerable<Type> GetEntityTypes();

        /// <summary>
        /// Optional: Apply additional per-entity configuration
        /// </summary>
        void ConfigureEntities(ModelBuilder modelBuilder);

        /// <summary>
        /// Add XDataService Based Entity to List ...
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="TEntity"></typeparam>
        /// <typeparam name="TKey"></typeparam>
        void AddEntity<TEntity, TKey>()
        where TEntity : XBaseEntity<TKey>;
    }
}