package cofh.api.energy;

import net.minecraftforge.common.util.ForgeDirection;

/**
 * Implement this interface on Tile Entities which should provide energy, generally storing it in one or more internal {@link IEnergyStorage} objects.
 * <p>
 * A reference implementation is provided {@link TileEnergyHandler}.
 *
 * @author King Lemming
 *
 */
public interface IEnergyProvider extends IEnergyConnection {

	/**
	 * Remove energy from an IEnergyProvider, internal distribution is left entirely to the IEnergyProvider.
	 *
	 * @param from
	 *            Orientation the energy is extracted from.
	 * @param maxExtract
	 *            Maximum amount of energy to extract.
	 * @param simulate
	 *            If TRUE, the extraction will only be simulated.
	 * @return Amount of energy that was (or would have been, if simulated) extracted.
	 */
	int extractEnergy(ForgeDirection from, int maxExtract, boolean simulate);

	/**
	 * Returns the amount of energy currently stored.
	 */
	int getEnergyStored(ForgeDirection from);

	/**
	 * Returns the maximum amount of energy that can be stored.
	 */
	int getMaxEnergyStored(ForgeDirection from);

}
