namespace AsterNET.Manager.Action
{
    /// <summary>
    ///     This class implements the ManagerAction interface
    ///     and can serve as base class for your concrete Action implementations.
    /// </summary>
    public abstract class ManagerAction
    {
        private string actionId;
        private string proxyKey;
        private string server;

        /// <summary>
        ///     Manager API Action key. Also use as ProxyAction key to <see cref="ProxyAction">ProxyAction</see> actions.
        /// </summary>
        public abstract string Action { get; }

        #region ActionId 

        public string ActionId
        {
            get { return this.actionId; }
            set { this.actionId = value; }
        }

        #endregion

        #region Server 

        /// <summary>
        ///     Specify a server to which to send your commands (x.x.x.x or hostname).<br />
        ///     This should match the server name specified in your config file's "host" entry.
        ///     If you do not specify a server, the proxy will pick the first one it finds -- fine in single-server configurations.
        /// </summary>
        public string Server
        {
            get { return this.server; }
            set { this.server = value; }
        }

        #endregion

        #region ProxyKey 

        /// <summary>
        ///     You can use this as a simple authentication mechanism.<br />
        ///     Rather than have to login with a username & password,
        ///     you can specify a <b>ProxyKey</b> that must be passed from
        ///     a client before requests are processed.<br />
        ///     This is helpful in situations where you would like to authenticate and
        ///     execute an action in a single step.
        /// </summary>
        public virtual string ProxyKey
        {
            get { return this.proxyKey; }
            set { this.proxyKey = value; }
        }

        #endregion

        public override string ToString()
        {
            return Helper.ToString(this);
        }
    }
}