/**
 * @module "ui/builder"
 */ /** */

import { View, Template, KeyedTemplate } from "../core/view";
import { Page } from "../page";
import { NavigationEntry } from "../frame";

export interface LoadOptions {
    path: string;
    name: string;
    attributes?: any;
    exports?: any;
    page?: Page;
}

/**
 * @deprecated Use Builder.createViewFromEntry() instead.
 */
export function createViewFromEntry(entry: NavigationEntry): View;

/**
 * @deprecated Use Builder.parse() instead.
 */
export function parse(value: string | Template, exports?: any): View;

/**
 * @deprecated Use Builder.parseMultipleTemplates() instead.
 */
export function parseMultipleTemplates(value: string, exports?: any): Array<KeyedTemplate>;

/**
 * @deprecated Use Builder.load() instead.
 */
export function load(fileName: string, exports?: any): View;

/**
 * @deprecated Use Builder.load() instead.
 */
export function load(options: LoadOptions): View;


export class Builder {
    /**
     * Creates view from navigation entry
     * @param entry NavigationEntry
     */
    static createViewFromEntry(entry: NavigationEntry): View;

    static parse(value: string | Template, exports?: any): View;

    /**
     * Creates an array of KeyedTemplates from string
     * @param value The xml of the template to be parsed
     * @param exports Current context of the template
     */
    static parseMultipleTemplates(value: string, exports?: any): Array<KeyedTemplate>;

    /**
     * Loads component from module with context 
     * @param moduleName the module name
     * @param exports the context of the component to be loaded
     */
    static load(moduleName: string, exports?: any): View;

    /**
     * Loads component from options
     * @param options Load options
     */
    static load(options: LoadOptions): View;
}