//
// IProjectBinding.cs
//
// Author:
//   Lluis Sanchez Gual

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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Xml;

namespace MonoDevelop.Projects
{
	public interface IProjectBinding
	{
		/// <remarks>
		/// Returns the project type name
		/// </remarks>
		string Name { get; }
		
		/// <remarks>
		/// Creates a Project out of the given ProjetCreateInformation object.
		/// Each project binding must provide a representation of the project
		/// it 'controls'.
		/// </remarks>
		Project CreateProject (ProjectCreateInformation info, XmlElement projectOptions);
		
		/// <remarks>
		/// Creates a Project for a single source file. If the file is not
		/// valid for this project type, it must return null.
		/// </remarks>
		Project CreateSingleFileProject (string sourceFile);

		bool CanCreateSingleFileProject (string sourceFile);
		
		/// <remarks>
		/// Returns a list of autogenerated templates that can be used to
		/// create projects of this type
		/// </remarks>
//		ProjectTemplate[] GetDefaultTemplates (); not implemented 
	}
}
