using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Robust.Client.ViewVariables.Instances;
using Robust.Shared.ViewVariables;

namespace Robust.Client.ViewVariables
{
    internal interface IViewVariablesManagerInternal : IViewVariablesManager
    {
        void Initialize();

        /// <summary>
        ///     Creates the ideal property editor for a specific property type.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="type">The type of the property to create an editor for.</param>
        ViewVariablesPropertyEditor PropertyFor(Type type);

        /// <summary>
        ///     Requests a session to an object on the server.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="selector">The selector so the server knows what object we want.</param>
        /// <returns>A session that can be used to request data and modify the remote object.</returns>
        Task<ViewVariablesRemoteSession> RequestSession(ViewVariablesObjectSelector selector);

        /// <summary>
        ///     Requests a data blob from the object referenced by a VV session.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="session">The session for the remote object.</param>
        /// <param name="meta">A request object the server uses to know what kind of data you want of the remote object.</param>
        Task<ViewVariablesBlob> RequestData(ViewVariablesRemoteSession session, ViewVariablesRequest meta);

        /// <summary>
        ///     Requests a data blob from the object referenced by a VV session.
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T">The type of blob that is expected of the server to be sent back, to be automatically cast for convenience.</typeparam>
        /// <param name="session">The session for the remote object.</param>
        /// <param name="meta">A request object the server uses to know what kind of data you want of the remote object.</param>
        Task<T> RequestData<T>(ViewVariablesRemoteSession session, ViewVariablesRequest meta) where T : ViewVariablesBlob;

        /// <summary>
        ///     Close a session to a remote object.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="session">The session to close.</param>
        void CloseSession(ViewVariablesRemoteSession session);

        /// <summary>
        ///     Modify a remote object.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="session">The session pointing to the remote object.</param>
        /// <param name="propertyIndex">An array of objects that the server can parse to figure out what to assign.</param>
        /// <param name="value">The new value for the object.</param>
        void ModifyRemote(ViewVariablesRemoteSession session, object[] propertyIndex, object value);

        /// <summary>
        ///     Gets a collection of trait IDs that are agreed upon so <see cref="ViewVariablesInstanceObject"/> knows which traits to instantiate.
        /// </summary>
        /// <seealso cref="ViewVariablesBlobMetadata.Traits" />
        /// <seealso cref="ViewVariablesManagerShared.TraitIdsFor"/>
        ICollection<object> TraitIdsFor(Type type);
    }
}