// Copyright © 2017 Paddy Xu
//
// This file is part of QuickLook program.
//
// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.
//
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namespace QuickLook.Common.Plugin
{
///
/// Interface implemented by every QuickLook.Plugin
///
public interface IViewer
{
///
/// Set the priority of this plugin. A plugin with a higher priority may override one with lower priority.
/// Set this to int.MaxValue for a maximum priority, int.MinValue for minimum.
///
int Priority { get; }
///
/// Do ont-time job when application starts. You may extract nessessary resource here.
///
void Init();
///
/// Determine whether this plugin can open this file. Please also check the file header, if applicable.
///
/// The full path of the target file.
bool CanHandle(string path);
///
/// Do some preparation stuff before the window is showing. Please not do any work that costs a lot of time.
///
/// The full path of the target file.
/// A runtime object which allows interaction between this plugin and QuickLook.
void Prepare(string path, ContextObject context);
///
/// Start the loading process. During the process a busy indicator will be shown. Finish by setting context.IsBusy to
/// false.
///
/// The full path of the target file.
/// A runtime object which allows interaction between this plugin and QuickLook.
void View(string path, ContextObject context);
///
/// Release any unmanaged resource here.
///
void Cleanup();
}
}