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using SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.UserInterface;

namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Core.OperationModel
{
	/// <summary>
	/// A sequence of <see cref="IOperation"/>s which can be used for sequential procedures, e.g. the initialization &amp; finalization of
	/// an application component. Each operation will be executed failsafe, i.e. the return value will indicate whether a procedure
	/// completed successfully or not.
	/// 
	/// Exemplary execution order for a sequence initialized with operations A, B, C, D:
	/// 
	/// <see cref="TryPerform"/>: A -> B -> C -> D.
	/// <see cref="TryRepeat"/>: A -> B -> C -> D.
	/// <see cref="TryRevert"/>: D -> C -> B -> A.
	/// </summary>
	public interface IOperationSequence
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// The progress indicator to be used when executing an operation. Will be ignored if <c>null</c>.
		/// </summary>
		IProgressIndicator ProgressIndicator { set; }

		/// <summary>
		/// Tries to perform the operations of this sequence according to their initialized order. If any operation fails, the already
		/// performed operations will be reverted.
		/// </summary>
		OperationResult TryPerform();

		/// <summary>
		/// Tries to repeat the operations of this sequence according to their initialized order. If any operation fails, the already
		/// performed operations will not be reverted.
		/// </summary>
		OperationResult TryRepeat();

		/// <summary>
		/// Tries to revert the operations of this sequence. Returns <c>true</c> if all operations were reverted without errors,
		/// otherwise <c>false</c>. The reversion of all operations will continue, even if one or multiple operations fail.
		/// </summary>
		bool TryRevert();
	}
}