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+using StardewModdingAPI.Framework.Models;
+
+namespace StardewModdingAPI.Framework.ModLoading
+{
+    /// <summary>Metadata for a mod.</summary>
+    internal interface IModMetadata
+    {
+        /*********
+        ** Accessors
+        *********/
+        /// <summary>The mod's display name.</summary>
+        string DisplayName { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>The mod's full directory path.</summary>
+        string DirectoryPath { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>The mod manifest.</summary>
+        IManifest Manifest { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>Optional metadata about a mod version that SMAPI should assume is compatible or broken, regardless of whether it detects incompatible code.</summary>
+        ModCompatibility Compatibility { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>The metadata resolution status.</summary>
+        ModMetadataStatus Status { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>The reason the metadata is invalid, if any.</summary>
+        string Error { get; }
+
+
+        /*********
+        ** Public methods
+        *********/
+        /// <summary>Set the mod status.</summary>
+        /// <param name="status">The metadata resolution status.</param>
+        /// <param name="error">The reason the metadata is invalid, if any.</param>
+        /// <returns>Return the instance for chaining.</returns>
+        IModMetadata SetStatus(ModMetadataStatus status, string error = null);
+    }
+}