///
/// Copyright (c) 2013-2015 Sensus Metering Systems
///
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace TBF.BenchControl.Generic
{
	public interface IComponentFactory
	{
		string ClassName { get; }			/// Name of the class of components (for instance "Valve")

		/// <summary>
		/// Returns a dummy component without configuration useful only for runtime class type identification
		/// Usage:  if (TbfComponents.CmpntFactoryFromClassName(className).DummyComponent() is IValve) { ... }
		/// </summary>
		IComponent DummyComponent();

		/// <summary>
		/// Returns the default configuration
		/// </summary>
        IComponentCfg DefaultConfig();

        /// <summary>
        /// Converts an Entities.Component object into an instance of an appropriate class implementing IComponentCfg
        /// </summary>
        IComponentCfg CmpntCfgFromCmpntEntity(Entities.Component component);


		void ResetStaticProperties();
	}
}