using System;

using StructureMap.Pipeline;

namespace StructureMap.Query

{

public interface IFamily

{

/// <summary>

/// The resulting object from this Instance will be evicted from its

/// lifecycle if it has already been created and cached

/// </summary>

/// <param name="instance"></param>

void Eject(Instance instance);

/// <summary>

/// Ejects any existing object for this Instance from its lifecycle

/// and permanently removes the configured Instance from the container

/// </summary>

/// <param name="instance"></param>

void EjectAndRemove(Instance instance);

/// <summary>

/// Builds the object

/// </summary>

/// <param name="instance"></param>

/// <returns></returns>

object Build(Instance instance);

/// <summary>

/// Queries the lifecycle if it has been created

/// </summary>

/// <param name="instance"></param>

/// <returns></returns>

bool HasBeenCreated(Instance instance);

/// <summary>

/// The default lifecycle for this PluginType/Family

/// </summary>

ILifecycle Lifecycle { get; }

Type PluginType { get; }

/// <summary>

/// A reference to the underlying container runtime model. Doing any direct manipulation

/// against this service will void the warranty on StructureMap.

/// </summary>

IPipelineGraph Pipeline { get; }

}

}