// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
//
// Description:
//     ContentLocatorBase represents an object that identifies a piece of data.  It 
//     can be an ordered list of ContentLocatorParts (in which case its a 
//     ContentLocator) or it can be a set of Locators (in which case its a 
//     ContentLocatorGroup).
//
//     Spec: Simplifying Store Cache Model.doc
//
 
using System.ComponentModel;
 
using MS.Internal.Annotations;
 
namespace System.Windows.Annotations
{
    /// <summary>
    ///     ContentLocatorBase represents an object that identifies a piece of data.
    ///     It can be an ordered list of ContentLocatorParts (in which case its a 
    ///     ContentLocator) or it can be a set of Locators (in which case its a ContentLocatorGroup).
    /// </summary>
    public abstract class ContentLocatorBase : INotifyPropertyChanged2, IOwnedObject
    {
        //------------------------------------------------------
        //
        //  Constructors
        //
        //------------------------------------------------------
 
        #region Constructors
 
        /// <summary>
        ///     Internal constructor.  This makes the abstract class
        ///     unsubclassable by third-parties, as desired.
        /// </summary>
        internal ContentLocatorBase()
        {
        }
 
        #endregion Constructors
 
        //------------------------------------------------------
        //
        //  Public Methods
        //
        //------------------------------------------------------
 
        #region Public Methods
 
        /// <summary>
        ///     Create a deep clone of this ContentLocatorBase.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>a deep clone of this ContentLocatorBase; never returns null</returns>
        public abstract object Clone();
       
        #endregion Public Methods
 
        //------------------------------------------------------
        //
        //  Public Operators
        //
        //------------------------------------------------------
 
        //------------------------------------------------------
        //
        //  Public Events
        //
        //------------------------------------------------------
 
        //------------------------------------------------------
        //
        //  Public Properties
        //
        //------------------------------------------------------
 
        //------------------------------------------------------
        //
        //  Internal Events
        //
        //------------------------------------------------------
 
        #region Public Events
 
        /// <summary>
        /// 
        /// </summary>
        event PropertyChangedEventHandler INotifyPropertyChanged.PropertyChanged
        {
            add{ _propertyChanged += value; }
            remove{ _propertyChanged -= value; }
        }
 
        #endregion Public Events
        
        //------------------------------------------------------
        //
        //  Internal Methods
        //
        //------------------------------------------------------
 
        #region Internal Methods
 
        /// <summary>
        ///     Notify the owner this ContentLocatorBase has changed.
        ///     This method should be protected so only subclasses
        ///     could call it but that would expose it in the
        ///     public API space so we keep it internal.
        /// </summary>
        internal void FireLocatorChanged(string name)
        {
            if (_propertyChanged != null)
            {
                _propertyChanged(this, new System.ComponentModel.PropertyChangedEventArgs(name));
            }
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// </summary>
        bool IOwnedObject.Owned
        {
            get
            {
                return _owned;
            }
            set
            {
                _owned = value;
            }
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        ///     Internal Merge method used by the LocatorManager as it builds up
        ///     Locators.  We don't expose these methods publicly because they
        ///     are of little use and are optimized for use by the LM (e.g., we 
        ///     know the arguments aren't owned by anyone and can be modified in 
        ///     place).
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="other">the ContentLocatorBase to merge</param>
        /// <returns>the resulting ContentLocatorBase (may be the same object the method
        /// was called on for perf reasons)</returns>
        internal abstract ContentLocatorBase Merge(ContentLocatorBase other);
 
        #endregion Internal Methods
 
        //------------------------------------------------------
        //
        //  Private Fields
        //
        //------------------------------------------------------        
 
        #region Private Fields
 
        /// <summary>
        /// </summary>
        private bool   _owned;
 
        /// <summary>
        /// 
        /// </summary>
        private event PropertyChangedEventHandler _propertyChanged;
 
        #endregion Private Fields
    }
}