gui-cs.Terminal.Gui/Terminal.Gui/Views/TreeView/ITreeBuilder.cs

namespace Terminal.Gui;

/// <summary>
///     Interface for supplying data to a <see cref="TreeView{T}"/> on demand as root level nodes are expanded by the
///     user
/// </summary>
public interface ITreeBuilder<T>
{
    /// <summary>Returns true if <see cref="CanExpand"/> is implemented by this class</summary>
    /// <value></value>
    bool SupportsCanExpand { get; }

    /// <summary>
    ///     Returns true/false for whether a model has children.  This method should be implemented when
    ///     <see cref="GetChildren"/> is an expensive operation otherwise <see cref="SupportsCanExpand"/> should return false
    ///     (in which case this method will not be called)
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    ///     Only implement this method if you have a very fast way of determining whether an object can have children e.g.
    ///     checking a Type (directories can always be expanded)
    /// </remarks>
    /// <param name="toExpand"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    bool CanExpand (T toExpand);

    /// <summary>
    ///     Returns all children of a given <paramref name="forObject"/> which should be added to the tree as new branches
    ///     underneath it
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="forObject"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    IEnumerable<T> GetChildren (T forObject);
}