// Copyright (c) Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.

using Microsoft.Framework.Internal;

namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Defines an abstraction for resolving inline constraints as instances of <see cref="IRouteConstraint"/>.
    /// </summary>
    public interface IInlineConstraintResolver
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Resolves the inline constraint.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="inlineConstraint">The inline constraint to resolve.</param>
        /// <returns>The <see cref="IRouteConstraint"/> the inline constraint was resolved to.</returns>
        IRouteConstraint ResolveConstraint([NotNull] string inlineConstraint);
    }
}