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package de.bluecolored.bluemap.core.world;

import com.flowpowered.math.vector.Vector2i;
import com.flowpowered.math.vector.Vector3i;
import de.bluecolored.bluemap.core.util.Grid;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Represents a World on the Server.<br>
 * This is usually one of the dimensions of a level.<br>
 * <br>
 * <i>The implementation of this class has to be thread-save!</i><br>
 */
public interface World {

    String getId();

    String getName();

    Vector3i getSpawnPoint();

    DimensionType getDimensionType();

    Grid getChunkGrid();

    Grid getRegionGrid();

    /**
     * Returns the {@link Chunk} on the specified block-position
     */
    Chunk getChunkAtBlock(int x, int z);

    /**
     * Returns the {@link Chunk} on the specified chunk-position
     */
    Chunk getChunk(int x, int z);

    /**
     * Returns the {@link Region} on the specified region-position
     */
    Region getRegion(int x, int z);

    /**
     * Returns a collection of all regions in this world.
     * <i>(Be aware that the collection is not cached and recollected each time from the world-files!)</i>
     */
    Collection<Vector2i> listRegions();

    /**
     * Loads all chunks from the specified region into the chunk cache (if there is a cache)
     */
    void preloadRegionChunks(int x, int z);

    /**
     * Invalidates the complete chunk cache (if there is a cache), so that every chunk has to be reloaded from disk
     */
    void invalidateChunkCache();

    /**
     * Invalidates the chunk from the chunk-cache (if there is a cache), so that the chunk has to be reloaded from disk
     */
    void invalidateChunkCache(int x, int z);

    /**
     * Cleans up invalid cache-entries to free up memory
     */
    void cleanUpChunkCache();

}