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package plugin

import (
	"github.com/apache/incubator-devlake/core/errors"
)

type PluginMetric interface {
	// returns a list of required data entities and expected features.
	// [{ "model": "cicd_tasks", "requiredFields": {"column": "type", "execptedValue": "Deployment"}}, ...]
	RequiredDataEntities() (data []map[string]interface{}, err errors.Error)

	// returns if the metric depends on Project for calculation.
	// Currently, only dora would return true.
	IsProjectMetric() bool

	// indicates which plugins must be executed before executing this one.
	// declare a set of dependencies with this
	RunAfter() ([]string, errors.Error)

	// returns an empty pointer of the plugin setting struct.
	// (no concrete usage at this point)
	Settings() (p interface{})
}