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package plugin

// Runtime represents a plugin runtime (subprocess, extism, etc) ie. how a plugin should be executed
// Runtime is responsible for instantiating plugins that implement the runtime
// TODO: could call this something more like "PluginRuntimeCreator"?
type Runtime interface {
	// CreatePlugin creates a plugin instance from the given metadata
	CreatePlugin(pluginDir string, metadata *Metadata) (Plugin, error)

	// TODO: move config unmarshalling to the runtime?
	// UnmarshalConfig(runtimeConfigRaw map[string]any) (RuntimeConfig, error)
}

// RuntimeConfig represents the assertable type for a plugin's runtime configuration.
// It is expected to type assert (cast) the a RuntimeConfig to its expected type
type RuntimeConfig interface {
	Validate() error
}