/V2.2/trunk/CAL/Desktop/Composite/Regions/IRegionAdapter.cs

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// Microsoft patterns & practices

// Composite Application Guidance for Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight

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namespace Microsoft.Practices.Composite.Regions

{

    /// <summary>

    /// Defines an interfaces to adapt an object and bind it to a new <see cref="IRegion"/>.

    /// </summary>

    public interface IRegionAdapter

    {

        /// <summary>

        /// Adapts an object and binds it to a new <see cref="IRegion"/>.

        /// </summary>

        /// <param name="regionTarget">The object to adapt.</param>

        /// <param name="regionName">The name of the region to be created.</param>

        /// <returns>The new instance of <see cref="IRegion"/> that the <paramref name="regionTarget"/> is bound to.</returns>

        IRegion Initialize(object regionTarget, string regionName);

    }

}