// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
using System.Net;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Connections;
 
/// <summary>
/// A factory abstraction for creating connections to an endpoint.
/// </summary>
public interface IConnectionFactory
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Creates a new connection to an endpoint.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="endpoint">The <see cref="EndPoint"/> to connect to.</param>
    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to monitor for cancellation requests. The default value is <see cref="CancellationToken.None" />.</param>
    /// <returns>
    /// A <see cref="ValueTask{TResult}" /> that represents the asynchronous connect, yielding the <see cref="ConnectionContext" /> for the new connection when completed.
    /// </returns>
    ValueTask<ConnectionContext> ConnectAsync(EndPoint endpoint, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
}