MonoRail/Castle.MonoRail.Framework/IViewSourceLoader.cs

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  14
  15 namespace Castle.MonoRail.Framework
  16 {
  17         using System;
  18         using System.Collections;
  19         using System.IO;
  20
  21         /// <summary>
  22         /// Defines a contract that abstracts view template locations.
  23         /// </summary>
  24         public interface IViewSourceLoader
  25         {
  26                 /// <summary>
  27                 /// Evaluates whether the specified template exists.
  28                 /// </summary>
  29                 /// <param name="templateName">The template name</param>
  30                 /// <returns><c>true</c> if it exists</returns>
  31                 bool HasTemplate(String templateName);
  32
  33                 /// <summary>
  34                 /// Builds and returns a representation of a view template
  35                 /// </summary>
  36                 /// <param name="templateName">The template name</param>
  37                 /// <returns></returns>
  38                 IViewSource GetViewSource(String templateName);
  39
  40                 /// <summary>
  41                 /// Gets a list of views on the specified directory
  42                 /// </summary>
  43                 /// <param name="dirName">Directory name</param>
  44                 /// <returns></returns>
  45                 String[] ListViews(String dirName);
  46
  47                 /// <summary>
  48                 /// Gets/sets the root directory of views, obtained from the configuration.
  49                 /// </summary>
  50                 String ViewRootDir { get; set; }
  51
  52                 /// <summary>
  53                 /// Gets or sets whether the instance should use cache
  54                 /// </summary>
  55                 bool EnableCache { get; set; }
  56
  57                 /// <summary>
  58                 /// Gets a list of assembly sources
  59                 /// </summary>
  60                 IList AssemblySources { get; }
  61
  62                 /// <summary>
  63                 /// Adds the assembly source.
  64                 /// </summary>
  65                 /// <param name="assemblySourceInfo">The assembly source info.</param>
  66                 void AddAssemblySource(AssemblySourceInfo assemblySourceInfo);
  67
  68                 /// <summary>
  69                 /// Raised when the view is changed.
  70                 /// </summary>
  71                 event FileSystemEventHandler ViewChanged;
  72         }
  73 }