opensim/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Terrain/ITerrainFeature.cs

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using System;
using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Interfaces;

namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Terrain
{
    public interface ITerrainFeature
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Creates the feature.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>
        /// Empty string if successful, otherwise error message.
        /// </returns>
        /// <param name='map'>
        /// ITerrainChannel holding terrain data.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='args'>
        /// command-line arguments from console.
        /// </param>
        string CreateFeature(ITerrainChannel map, string[] args);

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets a string describing the usage.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>
        /// A string describing parameters for creating the feature.
        /// Format is "feature-name <arg1> <arg2> ..."
        /// </returns>
        string GetUsage();
    }

}