"""The Qt-free contract the web layer depends on.

The web layer (``app``/``routes``/``streaming``) is deliberately free of any Qt
or hardware knowledge: it talks only to a :class:`WebController`. The embedded
bridge in ``gui/controllers/app_window_web_mixin.py`` implements this protocol by
forwarding control actions to the AppWindow's *existing* buttons and exposing
read-only snapshots — so the very same desktop logic backs the browser, with no
duplicated control flow.
"""

from __future__ import annotations

from typing import Protocol, runtime_checkable


@runtime_checkable
class WebController(Protocol):
    """Control + read surface the web layer needs; implemented by the Qt bridge."""

    def start(self) -> None:
        """Start a continuous run (the desktop "Start" button)."""

    def single_capture(self) -> None:
        """Run a single-capture acquisition (the desktop "Single Capture" button)."""

    def stop(self) -> None:
        """Stop the running pipeline (the desktop "Stop" button)."""

    def capture_tmp_reference(self) -> None:
        """Capture and select a temporary reference (the desktop button)."""

    def remove_last_measurement(self) -> None:
        """Remove the most recent measurement (the desktop button)."""

    def apply_live_settings(self, fields: dict) -> list:
        """Apply live processor settings; returns the current settings schema."""

    def load_config(self, name: str) -> None:
        """Load a run-config profile by file name (the desktop "Load Config" button)."""

    def save_dataset(self, path: str, name: str) -> None:
        """Save the runtime dataset to ``path``/``name`` (the desktop "Save Dataset" button)."""

    def current_live_settings(self) -> list:
        """Return the live-settings schema (built from the Qt widgets)."""

    def list_configs(self) -> list[str]:
        """Return the run-config file names available to load."""

    def status(self) -> dict:
        """Return a snapshot of pipeline/run state."""

    def peek_frame(self) -> dict | None:
        """Return the latest rendered-plot frame (PNG of the Qt plot), or ``None``."""