// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.

using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Filters
{
    /// <summary>
    /// A filter that asynchronously surrounds execution of action results successfully returned from an action.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// <para>
    /// <see cref="IResultFilter"/> and <see cref="IAsyncResultFilter"/> implementations are executed around the action
    /// result only when the action method (or action filters) complete successfully.
    /// </para>
    /// <para>
    /// <see cref="IResultFilter"/> and <see cref="IAsyncResultFilter"/> instances are not executed in cases where
    /// an authorization filter or resource filter short-circuits the request to prevent execution of the action.
    /// <see cref="IResultFilter"/>. <see cref="IResultFilter"/> and <see cref="IAsyncResultFilter"/> implementations
    /// are also not executed in cases where an exception filter handles an exception by producing an action result.
    /// </para>
    /// <para>
    /// To create a result filter that surrounds the execution of all action results, implement
    /// either the <see cref="IAlwaysRunResultFilter"/> or the <see cref="IAsyncAlwaysRunResultFilter"/> interface.
    /// </para>
    /// </remarks>
    public interface IAsyncResultFilter : IFilterMetadata
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Called asynchronously before the action result.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="context">The <see cref="ResultExecutingContext"/>.</param>
        /// <param name="next">
        /// The <see cref="ResultExecutionDelegate"/>. Invoked to execute the next result filter or the result itself.
        /// </param>
        /// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> that on completion indicates the filter has executed.</returns>
        Task OnResultExecutionAsync(ResultExecutingContext context, ResultExecutionDelegate next);
    }
}
