OpenSimMirror/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Interfaces/IRegionModuleBase.cs

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using System;
using Mono.Addins;
using Nini.Config;
using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes;
namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Interfaces
{
[TypeExtensionPoint(Path = "/OpenSim/RegionModules", NodeName="RegionModule")]
public interface IRegionModuleBase
{
/// <value>
/// The name of the module
/// </value>
string Name { get; }
/// <summary>
/// If this returns non-null, it is the type of an interface that
/// this module intends to register.
/// This will cause the loader to defer loading of this module
/// until all other modules have been loaded. If no other module
/// has registered the interface by then, this module will be
/// activated, else it will remain inactive, letting the other module
/// take over. This should return non-null ONLY in modules that are
/// intended to be easily replaceable, e.g. stub implementations
/// that the developer expects to be replaced by third party provided
/// modules.
/// </summary>
Type ReplaceableInterface { get; }
/// <summary>
/// This is called to initialize the region module. For shared modules, this is called
/// exactly once, after creating the single (shared) instance. For non-shared modules,
/// this is called once on each instance, after the instace for the region has been created.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="source">
/// A <see cref="IConfigSource"/>
/// </param>
void Initialise(IConfigSource source);
/// <summary>
/// This is the inverse to <see cref="Initialise"/>. After a Close(), this instance won't be usable anymore.
/// </summary>
void Close();
/// <summary>
/// This is called whenever a <see cref="Scene"/> is added. For shared modules, this can happen several times.
/// For non-shared modules, this happens exactly once, after <see cref="Initialise"/> has been called.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="scene">
/// A <see cref="Scene"/>
/// </param>
void AddRegion(Scene scene);
/// <summary>
/// This is called whenever a <see cref="Scene"/> is removed. For shared modules, this can happen several times.
/// For non-shared modules, this happens exactly once, if the scene this instance is associated with is removed.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="scene">
/// A <see cref="Scene"/>
/// </param>
void RemoveRegion(Scene scene);
/// <summary>
/// This will be called once for every scene loaded. In a shared module
/// this will be multiple times in one instance, while a nonshared
/// module instance will only be called once.
/// This method is called after AddRegion has been called in all
/// modules for that scene, providing an opportunity to request
/// another module's interface, or hook an event from another module.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="scene">
/// A <see cref="Scene"/>
/// </param>
void RegionLoaded(Scene scene);
}
}