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MyCode.Project.Infrastructure/Specifications/ISpecificationParser.cs

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+namespace MyCode.Project.Infrastructure
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represents that the implemented classes are specification parsers that
+    /// parses the given specification to a domain specific criteria object, such 
+    /// as the <c>ICriteria</c> instance in NHibernate.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="TCriteria">The type of the domain specific criteria.</typeparam>
+    public interface ISpecificationParser<TCriteria>
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Parses the given specification to a domain specific criteria object.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the object to which the specification is applied.</typeparam>
+        /// <param name="specification">The specified specification instance.</param>
+        /// <returns>The instance of the domain specific criteria.</returns>
+        TCriteria Parse<T>(ISpecification<T> specification);
+    }
+}