using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Reflection;

namespace LinFu.Reflection
{
    /// <summary>
    ///     Represents a type that can extract <see cref="System.Type" />
    ///     objects from an <see cref="Assembly" /> instance.
    /// </summary>
    public interface ITypeExtractor : ITypeExtractor<Assembly, Type>
    {
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///     Represents a type that can extract <see cref="System.Type" />
    ///     objects from an <see cref="Assembly" /> instance.
    /// </summary>
    public interface ITypeExtractor<TAssembly, TType>
    {
        /// <summary>
        ///     Returns a set of types from a given assembly.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="targetAssembly">The <see cref="Assembly" /> that contains the target types.</param>
        /// <returns>An <see cref="IEnumerable{T}" /> of types from the target assembly.</returns>
        IEnumerable<TType> GetTypes(TAssembly targetAssembly);
    }
}