// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Protocol;
 
namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR;
 
/// <summary>
/// Class used by <see cref="IHubProtocol"/>s to get the <see cref="Type"/>(s) expected by the hub message being deserialized.
/// </summary>
public interface IInvocationBinder
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the <see cref="Type"/> the invocation represented by the <paramref name="invocationId"/> is expected to contain.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="invocationId">The ID of the invocation being received.</param>
    /// <returns>The <see cref="Type"/> the invocation is expected to contain.</returns>
    Type GetReturnType(string invocationId);
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the list of <see cref="Type"/>s the method represented by <paramref name="methodName"/> takes as arguments.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="methodName">The name of the method being called.</param>
    /// <returns>A list of <see cref="Type"/>s the method takes as arguments.</returns>
    IReadOnlyList<Type> GetParameterTypes(string methodName);
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the <see cref="Type"/> the stream item is expected to contain.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="streamId">The ID of the stream the stream item is a part of.</param>
    /// <returns>The <see cref="Type"/> of the item the stream contains.</returns>
    Type GetStreamItemType(string streamId);
 
#if NETCOREAPP
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the <see cref="string"/> representation for the target from bytes.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="utf8Bytes">The target name as a utf8 sequence.</param>
    /// <returns>A string that represents the target or null if the target string couldn't be determined.</returns>
    string? GetTarget(ReadOnlySpan<byte> utf8Bytes) => null;
#endif
}