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namespace Microsoft.CodeDom.Compiler
{
    using System.Diagnostics;
    using System.IO;
 
 
    /// <devdoc>
    ///    <para>
    ///       Provides a
    ///       code compilation
    ///       interface.
    ///    </para>
    /// </devdoc>
    public interface ICodeCompiler
    {
        /// <devdoc>
        ///    <para>
        ///       Creates an assembly based on options, with the information from the compile units
        ///    </para>
        /// </devdoc>
 
 
        CompilerResults CompileAssemblyFromDom(CompilerParameters options, CodeCompileUnit compilationUnit);
 
        /// <devdoc>
        ///    <para>
        ///       Creates an assembly based on options, with the contents of
        ///       fileName.
        ///    </para>
        /// </devdoc>
 
 
        CompilerResults CompileAssemblyFromFile(CompilerParameters options, string fileName);
 
        /// <devdoc>
        ///    <para>
        ///       Creates an assembly based on options, with the information from
        ///       source.
        ///    </para>
        /// </devdoc>
 
 
        CompilerResults CompileAssemblyFromSource(CompilerParameters options, string source);
 
        /// <devdoc>
        ///    <para>
        ///       Compiles an assembly based on the specified options and
        ///       information.
        ///    </para>
        /// </devdoc>
 
 
        CompilerResults CompileAssemblyFromDomBatch(CompilerParameters options, CodeCompileUnit[] compilationUnits);
 
        /// <devdoc>
        ///    <para>
        ///       Compiles
        ///       an
        ///       assembly based on the specified options and contents of the specified
        ///       filenames.
        ///    </para>
        /// </devdoc>
 
 
        CompilerResults CompileAssemblyFromFileBatch(CompilerParameters options, string[] fileNames);
 
        /// <devdoc>
        ///    <para>
        ///       Compiles an assembly based on the specified options and information from the specified
        ///       sources.
        ///    </para>
        /// </devdoc>
 
 
        CompilerResults CompileAssemblyFromSourceBatch(CompilerParameters options, string[] sources);
    }
}