/*
 * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
 *
 * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
 * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 */

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace React
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Handles caching of data and optionally tracking dependencies
	/// </summary>
	public interface ICache
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Get an item from the cache. Returns <paramref name="fallback"/> if the item does
		/// not exist.
		/// </summary>
		/// <typeparam name="T">Type of data</typeparam>
		/// <param name="key">The cache key</param>
		/// <param name="fallback">Value to return if item is not in the cache</param>
		/// <returns>Data from cache, otherwise <paramref name="fallback"/></returns>
		T Get<T>(string key, T fallback = default(T));

		/// <summary>
		/// Sets an item in the cache.
		/// </summary>
		/// <typeparam name="T">Type of data</typeparam>
		/// <param name="key">The cache key</param>
		/// <param name="data">Data to cache</param>
		/// <param name="slidingExpiration">
		/// Sliding expiration, if cache key is not accessed in this time period it will 
		/// automatically be removed from the cache
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="cacheDependencyFiles">
		/// Filenames this cached item is dependent on. If any of these files change, the cache
		/// will be cleared automatically
		/// </param>
		void Set<T>(
			string key,
			T data,
			TimeSpan slidingExpiration,
			IEnumerable<string> cacheDependencyFiles = null
		);
	}
}
