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namespace Core.Gui.Commands
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interface declaring commands/methods related to updating data.
    /// </summary>
    public interface IUpdateCommandHandler
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Indicates if there are updaters for the given target object.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="target">The target object to check updater availability for.</param>
        /// <returns><c>true</c> if there are updaters available, <c>false</c> otherwise.</returns>
        bool CanUpdateOn(object target);

        /// <summary>
        /// Perform the update workflow by the following steps:
        /// <list type="number">
        /// <item>If multiple updaters are available for the target object, determine
        /// which updater to use;</item>
        /// <item>Create the updater;</item>
        /// <item>Obtain the data from the updater;</item>
        /// <item>Update the data on the target object.</item>
        /// </list>
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="target">The data object to update.</param>
        void UpdateOn(object target);
    }
}