Experimental plugin runtime updates

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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2023 Vaughn Nugent
+* 
+* Library: VNLib
+* Package: VNLib.Plugins.Essentials.ServiceStack
+* File: IManagedPlugin.cs 
+*
+* IManagedPlugin.cs is part of VNLib.Plugins.Essentials.ServiceStack which is part of the larger 
+* VNLib collection of libraries and utilities.
+*
+* VNLib.Plugins.Essentials.ServiceStack is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 
+* it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as 
+* published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the
+* License, or (at your option) any later version.
+*
+* VNLib.Plugins.Essentials.ServiceStack is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+* GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+*
+* You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+* along with this program.  If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+*/
+
+using VNLib.Plugins.Runtime;
+
+namespace VNLib.Plugins.Essentials.ServiceStack
+{
+
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represents a plugin managed by a <see cref="IHttpPluginManager"/> that includes dynamically loaded plugins
+    /// </summary>
+    public interface IManagedPlugin
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Exposes the internal <see cref="PluginController"/> for the loaded plugin
+        /// </summary>
+        PluginController Controller { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The file path to the loaded plugin
+        /// </summary>
+        string PluginPath { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The exposed services the inernal plugin provides
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// WARNING: Services exposed by the plugin will abide by the plugin lifecycle, so consumers 
+        /// must listen for plugin load/unload events to respect lifecycles properly.
+        /// </remarks>
+        IUnloadableServiceProvider Services { get; }
+    }
+}