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using System;
using AgentService.Ontology;
using AgentService.Ontology.Schema;
using AgentService.Ontology.Schema.Abstract;

namespace AgentService.Ontology.Validation
{
	/// <summary>
	/// This class provides the interface for all the introspectors defined by the user.
	/// </summary>
	public interface Introspector
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Returns an abstract object that represents a given object, related to a given schema (and class), using a given ontology.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="obj">The object to convert.</param>
		/// <param name="schema">The schema related to the object.</param>
		/// <param name="Class">The class relat</param>
		/// <param name="referenceOnto">The ontology to use.</param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		AbsObject Externalise(Object obj, ObjectSchema schema, Type Class, Ontology referenceOnto); 
			
		//Object internalise(AbsObject abs, ObjectSchema schema, Type Class, Ontology referenceOnto); 
		
		//void checkClass(ObjectSchema schema, Type Class, Ontology onto);
	}
}