/// <summary>
/// Exports a streamable as an enumerable that can be queried at any time for its current state.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TPayload">The type of object being streamed and output</typeparam>
/// <param name="stream">The stream to convert into an enumerable</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static EvolvingStateEnumerable <TPayload> ToEnumerable <TPayload>(
this IStreamable <Empty, TPayload> stream)
{
Invariant.IsNotNull(stream, nameof(stream));
return(stream.ToEnumerable(null, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()));
}
/// <summary>
/// Registers an IStreamable object as an output of a query, with output as a progressively changing enumerable.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TPayload">The type of the payload of the data source.</typeparam>
/// <param name="container">A query container to which this egress point can be attached.</param>
/// <param name="stream">An IStreamable object that is intended to be an output to the query.</param>
/// <param name="identifier">A string that can uniquely identify the point of egress in the query.</param>
/// <returns>An IObservable object of change list events for output data from the query.</returns>
public static EvolvingStateEnumerable <TPayload> RegisterOutputAsEnumerable <TPayload>(this QueryContainer container, IStreamable <Empty, TPayload> stream, string identifier = null)
{
Invariant.IsNotNull(stream, nameof(stream));
return(stream.ToEnumerable(container, identifier ?? Guid.NewGuid().ToString()));
}