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#pragma once

namespace Emergent{ namespace Gamebryo{ namespace SceneDesigner{
    namespace PluginAPI
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Summary description for IService.
    /// </summary>
    public __gc __interface IService
    {
        __property String* get_Name();

        /// <summary>
        /// Allows a service to perform initialization code.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>true upon success</returns>
        /// <remarks>A service may not assume that any other service exists
        /// at the point this is called. The order of service intitialization 
        /// is not fixed and may change when new plug-ins are added</remarks>
        bool Initialize();

        /// <summary>
        /// Allows a service to interact with other services to perform 
        /// start-up routines.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        bool Start();
    };
}}}}