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using System;
using OpenSim.Framework;

namespace OpenSim.Services.Interfaces
{
    public delegate void AssetRetrieved(string id, Object sender, AssetBase asset);

    public interface IAssetService
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Get an asset synchronously.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="id"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        AssetBase Get(string id);

        /// <summary>
        /// Get an asset's metadata
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="id"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        AssetMetadata GetMetadata(string id);
        
        /// <summary>
        /// Get an asset's data, ignoring the metadata.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="id"></param>
        /// <returns>null if there is no such asset</returns>
        byte[] GetData(string id);

        /// <summary>
        /// Synchronously fetches an asset from the local cache only.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="id">Asset ID</param>
        /// <returns>The fetched asset, or null if it did not exist in the local cache</returns>
        AssetBase GetCached(string id);

        /// <summary>
        /// Get an asset synchronously or asynchronously (depending on whether 
        /// it is locally cached) and fire a callback with the fetched asset
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="id">The asset id</param>
        /// <param name="sender">Represents the requester.  Passed back via the handler</param>
        /// <param name="handler">
        /// The handler to call back once the asset has been retrieved.  This will be called back with a null AssetBase
        /// if the asset could not be found for some reason (e.g. if it does not exist, if a remote asset service
        /// was not contactable, if it is not in the database, etc.).
        /// </param>
        /// <returns>True if the id was parseable, false otherwise</returns>
        bool Get(string id, Object sender, AssetRetrieved handler);
        
        /// <summary>
        /// Check if assets exist in the database.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="ids">The assets' IDs</param>
        /// <returns>For each asset: true if it exists, false otherwise</returns>
        bool[] AssetsExist(string[] ids);

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a new asset
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Returns a random ID if none is passed via the asset argument.
        /// </remarks>
        /// <param name="asset"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        string Store(AssetBase asset);

        /// <summary>
        /// Update an asset's content
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Attachments and bare scripts need this!!
        /// </remarks>
        /// <param name="id"> </param>
        /// <param name="data"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        bool UpdateContent(string id, byte[] data);

        /// <summary>
        /// Delete an asset
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="id"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        bool Delete(string id);
    }
}