/V4/PrismLibrary/Desktop/Prism.MefExtensions/Modularity/IModuleExport.cs

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17using System;
18using System.ComponentModel;
19using Microsoft.Practices.Prism.Modularity;
20
21namespace Microsoft.Practices.Prism.MefExtensions.Modularity
22{
23    /// <summary>
24    /// Describe the Managed Extensibility Framework export of an IModule.
25    /// </summary>
26    /// <remarks>
27    /// This interface is used when importing classes exported with the ModuleExportAttribute.
28    /// This interface and the ModuleExport class properties should match.
29    /// </remarks>
30    public interface IModuleExport
31    {
32        /// <summary>
33        /// Gets the name of the module.
34        /// </summary>
35        /// <value>The name of the module.</value>
36        string ModuleName { get; }
37
38        /// <summary>
39        /// Gets the type of the module.
40        /// </summary>
41        /// <value>The type of the module.</value>
42        Type ModuleType { get; }
43
44        /// <summary>
45        /// Gets when the module should have Initialize() called.
46        /// </summary>
47        /// <value>The initialization mode.</value>
48        [DefaultValue(InitializationMode.WhenAvailable)]
49        InitializationMode InitializationMode { get; }
50
51        /// <summary>
52        /// Gets the names of modules this module depends upon.
53        /// </summary>
54        /// <value>An array of module names.</value>
55        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1819:PropertiesShouldNotReturnArrays")]
56        [DefaultValue(null)]
57        string[] DependsOnModuleNames { get; }
58    }
59}