OpenSim-Test/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Interfaces/IRegionArchiverModule.cs

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using System.IO;

namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Interfaces
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interface to region archive functionality
    /// </summary>
    public interface IRegionArchiverModule
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Archive the region to the given path
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="savePath"></param>
        void ArchiveRegion(string savePath);

        /// <summary>
        /// Archive the region to a stream.
        /// </summary>
        /// 
        /// This may be a little problematic to use right now since saves happen asynchronously and there is not yet
        /// a mechanism to signal completion to the caller (possibly other than continually checking whether the 
        /// stream has any data in it).  TODO: Address this.
        /// 
        /// <param name="saveStream"></param>
        void ArchiveRegion(Stream saveStream);

        /// <summary>
        /// Dearchive the given region archive into the scene
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="loadPath"></param>
        void DearchiveRegion(string loadPath);
        
        /// <summary>
        /// Dearchive a region from a stream
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="loadStream"></param>
        void DearchiveRegion(Stream loadStream);
    }
}