// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
namespace Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks;
 
/// <summary>
/// Represents a health check, which can be used to check the status of a component in the application, such as a backend service, database or some internal
/// state.
/// </summary>
public interface IHealthCheck
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Runs the health check, returning the status of the component being checked.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="context">A context object associated with the current execution.</param>
    /// <param name="cancellationToken">A <see cref="CancellationToken"/> that can be used to cancel the health check.</param>
    /// <returns>A <see cref="Task{HealthCheckResult}"/> that completes when the health check has finished, yielding the status of the component being checked.</returns>
    Task<HealthCheckResult> CheckHealthAsync(HealthCheckContext context, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
}