sharp-chat/SharpChat/Config/IConfig.cs

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C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace SharpChat.Config {
public interface IConfig : IDisposable {
/// <summary>
/// Creates a proxy object that forces all names to start with the given prefix.
/// </summary>
IConfig ScopeTo(string prefix);
/// <summary>
/// Reads a raw (string) value from the config.
/// </summary>
string ReadValue(string name, string fallback = null);
/// <summary>
/// Reads and casts value from the config.
/// </summary>
/// <exception cref="ConfigTypeException">Type conversion failed.</exception>
T ReadValue<T>(string name, T fallback = default);
/// <summary>
/// Reads and casts a value from the config. Returns fallback when type conversion fails.
/// </summary>
T SafeReadValue<T>(string name, T fallback);
/// <summary>
/// Creates an object that caches the read value for a certain amount of time, avoiding disk reads for frequently used non-static values.
/// </summary>
CachedValue<T> ReadCached<T>(string name, T fallback = default, TimeSpan? lifetime = null);
}
}