From 4ebce3907062ade1937440628eebd665440b338d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shadowghost <Ghost_of_Stone@web.de>
Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 23:43:01 +0200
Subject: Implement Similarity providers

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 .../Library/ISimilarItemsProvider.cs               | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ISimilarItemsProvider.cs

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

diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ISimilarItemsProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ISimilarItemsProvider.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d089369a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ISimilarItemsProvider.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+using System;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration;
+
+namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Base marker interface for similar items providers.
+/// </summary>
+public interface ISimilarItemsProvider
+{
+    /// <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 cache duration for results from this provider.
+    /// If null, results will not be cached.
+    /// </summary>
+    TimeSpan? CacheDuration => null;
+}
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