package buildcraft.api.power;

import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagCompound;
import net.minecraftforge.common.ForgeDirection;
import buildcraft.api.core.SafeTimeTracker;

public interface IPowerProvider {

	int getLatency();

	int getMinEnergyReceived();

	int getMaxEnergyReceived();

	int getMaxEnergyStored();

	int getActivationEnergy();

	float getEnergyStored();

	void configure(int latency, int minEnergyReceived, int maxEnergyReceived, int minActivationEnergy, int maxStoredEnergy);

	void configurePowerPerdition(int powerLoss, int powerLossRegularity);

	boolean update(IPowerReceptor receptor);

	boolean preConditions(IPowerReceptor receptor);

	float useEnergy(float min, float max, boolean doUse);

	void readFromNBT(NBTTagCompound nbttagcompound);

	void writeToNBT(NBTTagCompound nbttagcompound);

	void receiveEnergy(float quantity, ForgeDirection from);

	boolean isPowerSource(ForgeDirection from);

	SafeTimeTracker getTimeTracker();

}