/*
 * This file is part of the L2J Mobius project.
 * 
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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 * 
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 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * General Public License for more details.
 * 
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 */
package com.l2jmobius.gameserver.scripting;

/**
 * @author HorridoJoho
 */
public interface IScriptingEngine
{
	/**
	 * Sets script engine properties. The script values will be available<br>
	 * to the the insatnces created {@link IExecutionContext} implementation.
	 * @param key the key
	 * @param value the value
	 * @return the previous value, or null when this key was not present before
	 */
	String setProperty(String key, String value);
	
	/**
	 * Creates an execution context.
	 * @return the created execution context.
	 */
	IExecutionContext createExecutionContext();
	
	/**
	 * Method to get the specified property value.
	 * @param key the key
	 * @return the value,or null if the key is not present
	 */
	String getProperty(String key);
	
	/**
	 * Method to get the engine name.
	 * @return the engine name
	 */
	String getEngineName();
	
	/**
	 * Method to get the engine version.
	 * @return the engine version
	 */
	String getEngineVersion();
	
	/**
	 * Method to get the scripting language name.
	 * @return the scripting engine name
	 */
	String getLanguageName();
	
	/**
	 * Method to get the the language version.
	 * @return the language version
	 */
	String getLanguageVersion();
	
	/**
	 * Method to retrive the commonly used file extensions for the language.
	 * @return the commonly used file extensions for the language
	 */
	String[] getCommonFileExtensions();
}