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package org.spongepowered.asm.launch.platform;

import net.minecraft.launchwrapper.LaunchClassLoader;

/**
 * Base interface for platform agents. Platform agents are environment-specific
 * handlers which are used by the Mixin subsystem to perform platform-specific
 * tasks required by different environments without having to litter the Mixin
 * codebase with a bunch of environment-specific cruft.
 * 
 * <p>Platform Agents handle mixin environment tasks on a per-container basis,
 * with each container in the environment being assigned one of each available
 * type of agent to handle those tasks on behalf of the container.</p>
 */
public interface IMixinPlatformAgent {

    /**
     * Get the phase provider for this agent
     */
    public abstract String getPhaseProvider();
    
    /**
     * Called during pre-initialisation, after all tweakers and tweak containers
     * have been added to the environment.
     */
    public abstract void prepare();
    
    /**
     * Called from <tt>injectIntoClassLoader</tt> in the parent tweaker but <b>
     * only called on the primary tweak container</b>. This is useful if the
     * agent needs to perform some environment-specific setup just once.
     */
    public abstract void initPrimaryContainer();
    
    /**
     * Called from <tt>injectIntoClassLoader</tt> in the parent tweaker
     * 
     * @param classLoader classLoader to inject into
     */
    public abstract void injectIntoClassLoader(LaunchClassLoader classLoader);
    
    /**
     * Get the launch target from this container, should return null if no
     * custom target is available.
     */
    public abstract String getLaunchTarget();
    
}