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package com.mongodb.async.client;

import com.mongodb.annotations.Immutable;
import org.bson.Document;

import java.io.Closeable;

/**
 * A client-side representation of a MongoDB cluster.  Instances can represent either a standalone MongoDB instance, a replica set,
 * or a sharded cluster.  Instance of this class are responsible for maintaining an up-to-date state of the cluster,
 * and possibly cache resources related to this, including background threads for monitoring, and connection pools.
 * <p>
 * Instance of this class serve as factories for {@code MongoDatabase} instances.
 * </p>
 * @since 3.0
 */
@Immutable
public interface MongoClient extends Closeable {
    /**
     * Gets the database with the given name.
     *
     * @param name the name of the database
     * @return the database
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if databaseName is invalid
     * @see com.mongodb.MongoNamespace#checkDatabaseNameValidity(String)
     */
    MongoDatabase getDatabase(String name);

    /**
     * Close the client, which will close all underlying cached resources, including, for example,
     * sockets and background monitoring threads.
     */
    void close();

    /**
     * Gets the settings that this client uses to connect to server.
     *
     * <p>Note: {@link MongoClientSettings} is immutable.</p>
     *
     * @return the settings
     */
    MongoClientSettings getSettings();

    /**
     * Get a list of the database names
     *
     * @mongodb.driver.manual reference/command/listDatabases List Databases
     * @return an iterable containing all the names of all the databases
     */
    MongoIterable<String> listDatabaseNames();

    /**
     * Gets the list of databases
     *
     * @return the list databases iterable interface
     */
    ListDatabasesIterable<Document> listDatabases();

    /**
     * Gets the list of databases
     *
     * @param resultClass the class to cast the database documents to
     * @param <TResult>   the type of the class to use instead of {@code Document}.
     * @return the list databases iterable interface
     */
    <TResult> ListDatabasesIterable<TResult> listDatabases(Class<TResult> resultClass);

}