using System;
using System.Globalization;

namespace Bit.App.Abstractions
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Implementations of this interface MUST convert iOS and Android
    /// platform-specific locales to a value supported in .NET because
    /// ONLY valid .NET cultures can have their RESX resources loaded and used.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// Lists of valid .NET cultures can be found here:
    ///   http://www.localeplanet.com/dotnet/
    ///   http://www.csharp-examples.net/culture-names/
    /// You should always test all the locales implemented in your application.
    /// </remarks>
    public interface ILocalizeService
    {
        ///	<summary>
        /// This method must evaluate platform-specific locale settings
        /// and convert them (when necessary) to a valid .NET locale.
        /// </summary>
        CultureInfo GetCurrentCultureInfo();

        /// <summary>
        /// CurrentCulture and CurrentUICulture must be set in the platform project, 
        /// because the Thread object can't be accessed in a PCL.
        /// </summary>
        void SetLocale(CultureInfo ci);
    }
}