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using libsecondlife;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes;

namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.World.Serialiser
{
    public interface IRegionSerialiser
    {
        List<string> SerialiseRegion(Scene scene, string saveDir);

        /// <summary>
        /// Load prims from the xml format
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="scene"></param>
        /// <param name="fileName"></param>
        /// <param name="newIDS"></param>
        /// <param name="loadOffset"></param>
        void LoadPrimsFromXml(Scene scene, string fileName, bool newIDS, LLVector3 loadOffset);

        /// <summary>
        /// Save prims in the xml format
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="scene"> </param>
        /// <param name="fileName"></param>
        void SavePrimsToXml(Scene scene, string fileName);

        /// <summary>
        /// Load prims from the xml2 format
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="scene"></param>
        /// <param name="fileName"></param>
        void LoadPrimsFromXml2(Scene scene, string fileName);

        /// <summary>
        /// Load prims from the xml2 format
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="scene"></param>
        /// <param name="reader"></param>
        void LoadPrimsFromXml2(Scene scene, TextReader reader);

        /// <summary>
        /// Save prims in the xml2 format
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="scene"></param>
        /// <param name="fileName"></param>
        void SavePrimsToXml2(Scene scene, string fileName);

        /// <summary>
        /// Load an individual scene object from the xml2 format
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="scene"></param>
        /// <param name="xmlString"></param>
        void LoadGroupFromXml2(Scene scene, string xmlString);

        /// <summary>
        /// Serialize an individual scene object into the xml2 format
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="grp"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        string SaveGroupToXml2(SceneObjectGroup grp);
    }
}