package com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Areas.interfaces;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Locales.interfaces.Room;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.core.interfaces.*;
/*
   Copyright 2011-2022 Bo Zimmerman

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

	   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.
*/
/**
 * AutoGenAreas are areas that utilize the random area generation system (percolator)
 * to generate their rooms.  As such, the common parameters for the auto gen system
 * are herein exposed
 * @author Bo Zimmerman
 */
public interface AutoGenArea extends Area
{
	/**
	 * Get the path to the xml file to use to generate this areas rooms
	 * @return the path
	 */
	public String getGeneratorXmlPath();

	/**
	 * Set the path to the xml file to use to generate this areas rooms
	 * @param path the resource path
	 */
	public void setGeneratorXmlPath(String path);

	/**
	 * Get a miscellaneous, xml-specific set of other vars to set
	 * when generating a new area
	 * @return the variable mappings
	 */
	public Map<String,String> getAutoGenVariables();

	/**
	 * Set a miscellaneous, xml-specific set of other vars to set
	 * when generating a new area
	 * @param vars the variable mappings
	 */
	public void setAutoGenVariables(Map<String,String> vars);

	/**
	 * Set a miscellaneous, xml-specific set of other vars to set
	 * when generating a new area. Format is VAR=VALUE VAR2="VALUE"
	 * @param vars the variable mappings
	 */
	public void setAutoGenVariables(String vars);
}
