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package appeng.api.networking.energy;

import appeng.api.config.AccessRestriction;
import appeng.api.config.Actionable;

/**
 * Used to access information about AE's various power accepting blocks for monitoring purposes.
 */
public interface IAEPowerStorage extends IEnergySource
{

	/**
	 * Inject amt, power into the device, it will store what it can, and return the amount unable to be stored.
	 * 
	 * @param amt to be injected amount
	 * @param mode action mode
	 * 
	 * @return amount of power which was unable to be stored
	 */
	public double injectAEPower(double amt, Actionable mode);

	/**
	 * @return the current maximum power ( this can change :P )
	 */
	public double getAEMaxPower();

	/**
	 * @return the current AE Power Level, this may exceed getMEMaxPower()
	 */
	public double getAECurrentPower();

	/**
	 * Checked on network reset to see if your block can be used as a public power storage ( use getPowerFlow to control
	 * the behavior )
	 * 
	 * @return true if it can be used as a public power storage
	 */
	public boolean isAEPublicPowerStorage();

	/**
	 * Control the power flow by telling what the network can do, either add? or subtract? or both!
	 * 
	 * @return access restriction what the network can do
	 */
	public AccessRestriction getPowerFlow();

}