// Copyright © 2015 Dmitry Sikorsky. All rights reserved.

// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.

using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace ExtCore.Data.Abstractions

{

/// <summary>

/// Describes a storage that is implementation of the Unit of Work design pattern with the mechanism

/// of getting the repositories to work with the underlying storage context and committing the changes

/// made by all the repositories.

/// </summary>

public interface IStorage

{

/// <summary>

/// Gets the underlying storage context used by this storage.

/// </summary>

IStorageContext StorageContext { get; }

/// <summary>

/// Gets a repository of the given type.

/// </summary>

/// <typeparam name="T">The type parameter to find implementation of.</typeparam>

/// <returns></returns>

T GetRepository<T>() where T: IRepository;

/// <summary>

/// Commits the changes made by all the repositories.

/// </summary>

void Save();

/// <summary>

/// Asynchronously commits the changes made by all the repositories.

/// </summary>

Task SaveAsync();

}

}