// System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.IDesignerSerializationManager.cs
//
// Author:
// 	Alejandro Sánchez Acosta   <raciel@gnome.org>
//
// (C) Alejandro Sánchez Acosta
//

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using System.Collections;

namespace System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization
{
	public interface IDesignerSerializationManager : IServiceProvider
	{
		ContextStack Context {get;}

		PropertyDescriptorCollection Properties {get;}

		void AddSerializationProvider (IDesignerSerializationProvider provider);

		object CreateInstance (Type type, ICollection arguments, string name, bool addToContainer);

		object GetInstance (string name);

		string GetName (object value);

		object GetSerializer (Type objectType, Type serializerType);

		Type GetType (string typeName);

		void RemoveSerializationProvider (IDesignerSerializationProvider provider);

		void ReportError (object errorInformation);

		void SetName (object instance, string name);

		event ResolveNameEventHandler ResolveName;

		event EventHandler SerializationComplete;
	}
}