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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace Duplicati.Library.Interface
{
/// <summary>
/// The interface that defines a GUI for a plugable component, such as a backend or encryption module.
/// All options are stored in a dictionary, which is persisted to the database.
/// When creating a backup, the option dictionary will be empty, when editing, it will contain the contents from the last edit.
/// The options in the dictionary are free form, and should contain the state of the userinterface.
/// When the backup is invoked, the <see cref="GetConfiguration"/> method is invoked with the options dictionary.
/// At this point the control should setup the Duplicati options, based on the saved userinterface state.
/// This enables the user interface to be decoupled from the actual options.
/// </summary>
public interface IGUIControl
{
/// <summary>
/// The title of the page, shown as the wizard title or the tab caption
/// </summary>
string PageTitle { get; }
/// <summary>
/// The page description, shown as a helptext in the wizard or as a tooltip on a tab
/// </summary>
string PageDescription { get; }
/// <summary>
/// A method to retrieve a user interface control.
/// The method should keep a reference to the dictionary.
/// The control will be resized to fit in the container.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="applicationSettings">The set of settings defined by the calling application</param>
/// <param name="options">A set of options, either empty or previously stored by the control</param>
/// <returns>The control that represents the user interface</returns>
Control GetControl(IDictionary<string, string> applicationSettings, IDictionary<string, string> options);
/// <summary>
/// Method that is called when the user leaves the form.
/// This method can be used to store data from the interface in the dictionary,
/// so the user interface can be reconstructed later.
/// Do not throw exceptions to interrupt this method as that will remove the "back" option in the wizard,
/// return false in the <see cref="Validate"/> method instead.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="control">The UI object created by the GetControl call</param>
void Leave(Control control);
/// <summary>
/// A method that is called when the form should be validated.
/// The method should inform the user if the validation fails.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="control">The UI object created by the GetControl call</param>
/// <returns>True if the data is valid, false otherwise</returns>
bool Validate(Control control);
/// <summary>
/// This method sets up the Duplicati options, based on a previous setup.
/// The method should read the saved setup from <paramref name="guiOptions"/>, and set the appropriate <paramref name="commandlineOptions"/>.
/// If the UI represents a backend, the function should return the backend URL, otherwise the return value is ignored.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="applicationSettings">The set of settings defined by the calling application</param>
/// <param name="guiOptions">A set of previously saved options for the control</param>
/// <param name="commandlineOptions">A set of commandline options passed to Duplicati</param>
/// <returns>The destination path if the control is for a backend, otherwise null</returns>
string GetConfiguration(IDictionary<string, string> applicationSettings, IDictionary<string, string> guiOptions, IDictionary<string, string> commandlineOptions);
}
}