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package com.jcwhatever.nucleus.managed.scoreboards;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;
/**
* Interface for the global scoreboard tracker.
*
* <p>Tracks the scoreboards that players have viewed so they can be re-shown.</p>
*
* <p>Helps reduce plugin scoreboard conflicts by acting as the central
* scoreboard manager. Each plugin can simply apply their scoreboards via
* {@link IScoreboardManager} to ensure that when a plugin is done showing a
* scoreboard to a player, the previous scoreboard is re-shown.</p>
*
* @see IManagedScoreboard
*/
public interface IScoreboardManager {
/**
* Create a new managed scoreboard.
*
* @param lifespan The intended life span of the scoreboard.
*
* @return The scoreboard.
*/
IScoreboard create(ScoreboardLifespan lifespan);
/**
* Create a new managed scoreboard.
*
* @param lifespan The intended life span of the scoreboard.
* @param extension The extension to use with the managed scoreboard.
*
* @return The scoreboard.
*/
IScoreboard create(ScoreboardLifespan lifespan,
@Nullable IScoreboardExtension extension);
}