Minor changes to improve testability of helpers
[castle.git] / Experiments / Castle.MonoRail.Generator / IGenerator.cs
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15 namespace Castle.MonoRail.Generator
17 using System;
18 using System.IO;
19 using System.Collections;
21 /// <summary>
22 /// Abstract a generator implementation
23 /// </summary>
24 public interface IGenerator
26 /// <summary>
27 /// Ask the generator instance if is support the
28 /// arguments specified on the command line.
29 /// </summary>
30 /// <param name="name"></param>
31 /// <param name="options"></param>
32 /// <param name="output"></param>
33 /// <returns></returns>
34 bool Accept(String name, IDictionary options, TextWriter output);
36 /// <summary>
37 /// If accepted, ask it to execute
38 /// </summary>
39 /// <param name="options"></param>
40 /// <param name="output"></param>
41 void Execute(IDictionary options, TextWriter output);