using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;


namespace Networkreader
{
    public interface INWReader
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Starts reading from the tcp stream and dumping the result to a file.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>
        /// Returns the path of the file that will contain the stream data.
        /// </returns>
        string StartNWRead();

        /// <summary>
        /// Stops the tcp stream.
        /// </summary>
        void StopReading();


        /// <summary>
		/// Returns the Timestamp of the last saved Element.
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>
		/// The timestamp of the last entry.
		/// </returns>
        double GetNewestTimestamp();

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the Timestamp of the first saved Element.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>
        /// The timestamp of the first entry.
        /// </returns>
        double GetOldestTimestamp();
    }
}