//
// $Id: ComponentRepository.java,v 1.6 2004/08/27 02:12:25 mdb Exp $
//
// Narya library - tools for developing networked games
// Copyright (C) 2002-2004 Three Rings Design, Inc., All Rights Reserved
// http://www.threerings.net/code/narya/
//
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// by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
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//
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//
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package com.threerings.cast;

import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * Makes available a collection of character components and associated
 * metadata. Character components are animated sequences that can be
 * composited together to create a complete character visualization
 * (imagine interchanging pairs of boots, torsos, hats, etc.).
 */
public interface ComponentRepository
{
    /**
     * Returns the {@link CharacterComponent} object for the given
     * component identifier.
     */
    public CharacterComponent getComponent (int componentId)
        throws NoSuchComponentException;

    /**
     * Returns the {@link CharacterComponent} object with the given
     * component class and name.
     */
    public CharacterComponent getComponent (String className, String compName)
        throws NoSuchComponentException;

    /**
     * Returns the {@link ComponentClass} with the specified name or null
     * if none exists with that name.
     */
    public ComponentClass getComponentClass (String className);

    /**
     * Iterates over the {@link ComponentClass} instances representing all
     * available character component classes.
     */
    public Iterator enumerateComponentClasses ();

    /**
     * Iterates over the {@link ActionSequence} instances representing
     * every available action sequence.
     */
    public Iterator enumerateActionSequences ();

    /**
     * Iterates over the component ids of all components in the specified
     * class.
     */
    public Iterator enumerateComponentIds (ComponentClass compClass);
}