using Connected.Data;

namespace Connected.Common.Types.TaxRates;

/// <summary>
/// Represents an entity which contains information about tax rate. 
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// Every Tax system has one or more tax rates, for example one tax rate is for
/// products and the other is for servies. This entity enables the environment
/// to manage different tax rates.
/// </remarks>
public interface ITaxRate : IPrimaryKey<int>
{
	/// <summary>
	/// The name of the tax rate.
	/// </summary>
	/// <remarks>
	/// Define this value as descriptive as possible so users can
	/// quickly recognize whyt kind of tax rate defines each record.
	/// </remarks>
	string? Name { get; init; }
	/// <summary>
	/// The rate or value of the tax rate. Should be a positive number.
	/// </summary>
	/// <remarks>
	/// Avoid updating this value. Create a new <see cref="ITaxRate"/> entity instead
	/// and disable the previous entity by setting its <see cref="Status"/> value to <see cref="Status.Disabled"/>.
	/// </remarks>
	float Rate { get; init; }
	/// <summary>
	/// The status of tax rate. Tax rates that are not used in the environment should be marked
	/// as <see cref="Status.Disabled"/> so users can use only valid records.
	/// </summary>
	Status Status { get; init; }
}