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using System.Collections.Generic;
using Riskeer.Integration.Data;
using Riskeer.Integration.Service.Exceptions;

namespace Riskeer.Integration.Service.Merge
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interface for reading and providing <see cref="AssessmentSection"/> instances.
    /// </summary>
    public interface ILoadAssessmentSectionService
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Loads the assessment sections from the given <paramref name="filePath"/>.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="filePath">The file path to read the assessment sections from.</param>
        /// <returns>A collection of <see cref="AssessmentSection"/>.</returns>
        /// <exception cref="LoadAssessmentSectionException">Thrown when something went wrong
        /// while loading the assessment sections.</exception>
        IEnumerable<AssessmentSection> LoadAssessmentSections(string filePath);
    }
}