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namespace OpenQA.Selenium.Support.UI;

/// <summary>
/// Interface allows for the component to be used in Nested Component scenarios such that the
/// child component class does not have to declare the generic type of the parent explicitly.
/// </summary>
/// <example>
/// public class HypotheticalLoadableComponent : LoadableComponent&lt;T&gt; {
///   ILoadableComponent parent;
///   public HypotheticalLoadableComponent(ILoadableComponent parent) {
///     this.parent = parent;
///   }
///   protected void EvaluateLoadedStatus() { //code to determine loaded state }
///   protected void ExecuteLoad() {
///     parent.Load();  //loads the parent
///     //code to load this component
///   }
/// }
/// </example>
public interface ILoadableComponent
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Loads the component.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>A reference to this <see cref="ILoadableComponent"/>.</returns>
    ILoadableComponent Load();
}