package resonantinduction.electrical.armbot;

import net.minecraftforge.common.ForgeDirection;
import resonantinduction.electrical.encoder.coding.IProgrammableMachine;
import universalelectricity.api.vector.Vector2;
import universalelectricity.api.vector.Vector3;

/** Should be used to interact with the armbot and not to create a new armbot */
public interface IArmbot extends Cloneable, IProgrammableMachine
{
	/** Location of the hand, or working location of the object */
	public Vector3 getHandPos();

	/** Gets the rotation as a Vector2 (X - Yaw, Y - pitch) */
	public Vector2 getRotation();

	/** Forces the rotation to the two angles */
	public void setRotation(int yaw, int pitch);

	/**
	 * Ask the armbot to rotate to face the given direction. Some bots may not support all angles
	 * 
	 * @return true if the bot will comply. May return false if it can't
	 */
	public boolean moveArmTo(int yaw, int pitch);

	/**
	 * Ask the armbot to rotate to face the given direction. Some bots may not support up and down
	 * 
	 * @param direction - direction
	 * @return true if the bot will comply. May return false if it can't
	 */
	public boolean moveTo(ForgeDirection direction);

	/**
	 * Object currently held. In some cases this can be a list or array but is suggest to only be
	 * one object
	 */
	public Object getHeldObject();

	/**
	 * Adds an entity to the Armbot's grab list. Entity or ItemStack
	 * 
	 * @entity - object to grab, can be anything though is suggest to be an entity or itemstack
	 * @return - true if the bot has grabbed the object
	 */
	public boolean grabObject(Object entity);

	/** Drops the current held object. Use getGrabbedObject to make sure this is the object to drop. */
	public boolean dropHeldObject();

	/** Same as deleting the object */
	public boolean clear(Object object);

}