using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace Tango.Protobuf
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Represents a protobuf messages compiler.
    /// </summary>
    public interface IProtoCompiler : IDisposable
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Compiles the specified .proto message file and saves the result at the specified output folder. 
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="inputFile">.proto file to compile</param>
        /// <param name="outputFolder">Output folder to save the resulted source code.</param>
        /// <returns>A list of output source code files.</returns>
        List<String> Compile(String inputFile, String outputFolder);
    }
}