//            Copyright Keysight Technologies 2012-2019
// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
// file, you can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace OpenTap
{
    /// <summary> The type information of an object. </summary>
    public interface ITypeData : IReflectionData
    {
        /// <summary> The base type of this type. </summary>
        ITypeData BaseType { get; }
        /// <summary> Gets the members of this object. </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        IEnumerable<IMemberData> GetMembers();
        /// <summary> Gets a member of this object by name.  </summary>
        /// <param name="name"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        IMemberData GetMember(string name);
        /// <summary>
        /// Creates an instance of this type. The arguments are used for construction.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="arguments"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        object CreateInstance(object[] arguments);
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets if CreateInstance will work for this type. For examples, for interfaces and abstract classes it will not work.
        /// </summary>
        bool CanCreateInstance { get; }
    }
}