From 07a802d8fa93460c9f2a7f42da7a1f14a893a322 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shadowghost <Ghost_of_Stone@web.de>
Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 23:33:56 +0200
Subject: Implement search providers

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 MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ISearchProvider.cs | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ISearchProvider.cs

(limited to 'MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ISearchProvider.cs')

diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ISearchProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ISearchProvider.cs
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ISearchProvider.cs
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+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration;
+
+namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Interface for search providers.
+/// </summary>
+public interface ISearchProvider
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the name of the provider.
+    /// </summary>
+    string Name { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the type of the provider.
+    /// </summary>
+    MetadataPluginType Type { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the priority of the provider. Lower values execute first.
+    /// </summary>
+    int Priority { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Searches for items matching the query.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="query">The search query.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">Cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <returns>Ranked list of candidate item IDs with scores.</returns>
+    Task<IReadOnlyList<SearchResult>> SearchAsync(
+        SearchProviderQuery query,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Determines whether this provider can handle the given query.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="query">The search query to evaluate.</param>
+    /// <returns>True if this provider can search for the query; otherwise, false.</returns>
+    bool CanSearch(SearchProviderQuery query);
+}
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