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using System;

namespace AgentService.Platform.Configuration
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Class ConfigurationManager. Base abstract class for
	/// ConfigurationManager types. Basicly reads and writes
	/// the Configuration object to a file.
	/// </summary>
	public abstract class ConfigurationManager
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Gets the configuration file.
		/// </summary>		
		public virtual string File 
		{
			get 
			{
				return null;
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Writes the configuration object into an Xml file
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="conf">Configuration object</param>
		public virtual void Write(Configuration conf)
		{
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Reads the configuration file and returns the 
		/// corresponding configuration object
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>Configuration object read from the file</returns>		
		public virtual Configuration Read()
		{
			return null;
		}

	}
}