From 8b548fff38641e0de6ea2870a5d37c6bc76a6a90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ebr11 Eric Reed spam <ebr11 Eric Reed spam@reedsplace.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:06:31 -0400
Subject: Provider Data on item and NeedsRefresh functionality for providers

---
 MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseEntity.cs | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

(limited to 'MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities')

diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseEntity.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseEntity.cs
index 7f0ea12b80..5b4a360c1f 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseEntity.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseEntity.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.IO;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers;
 
 namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
 {
@@ -29,6 +30,26 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
         {
             return Name;
         }
+        protected Dictionary<Guid, BaseProviderInfo> _providerData;
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Holds persistent data for providers like last refresh date.
+        /// Providers can use this to determine if they need to refresh.
+        /// The BaseProviderInfo class can be extended to hold anything a provider may need.
+        /// 
+        /// Keyed by a unique provider ID.
+        /// </summary>
+        public Dictionary<Guid, BaseProviderInfo> ProviderData
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (_providerData == null) _providerData = new Dictionary<Guid, BaseProviderInfo>();
+                return _providerData;
+            }
+            set
+            {
+                _providerData = value;
+            }
+        }
 
         protected ItemResolveEventArgs _resolveArgs;
         /// <summary>
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