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+source_files:
+  - Common/DTS.CommonCore/Interface/SystemSettings/ISystemSettingsView.cs
+  - Common/DTS.CommonCore/Interface/SystemSettings/ISystemSettingsViewModel.cs
+generated_at: "2026-04-16T12:13:27.974060+00:00"
+model: "zai-org/GLM-5-FP8"
+schema_version: 1
+sha256: "409fbccc02533644"
+---
+
+# Documentation: System Settings View Interfaces
+
+## 1. Purpose
+
+This module defines the contract for the System Settings feature within an MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) architecture. It provides two interfaces—`ISystemSettingsView` and `ISystemSettingsViewModel`—that establish the separation between the view layer and its corresponding view model. The `ISystemSettingsViewModel` interface defines region management capabilities for context menus, main content, and navigation areas, suggesting this module supports a modular, region-based UI composition system for system configuration screens.
+
+---
+
+## 2. Public Interface
+
+### `ISystemSettingsView`
+**Namespace:** `DTS.Common.Interface`  
+**Inherits from:** `IBaseView`
+
+A marker interface with no additional members. It serves as a typed contract for System Settings views, enabling type-safe association between views and view models.
+
+---
+
+### `ISystemSettingsViewModel`
+**Namespace:** `DTS.Common.Interface`  
+**Inherits from:** `IBaseViewModel`
+
+| Member | Signature | Description |
+|--------|-----------|-------------|
+| `View` | `ISystemSettingsView View { get; }` | Read-only property that provides access to the associated Shell View. |
+| `GetRegions()` | `List<FrameworkElement> GetRegions()` | Method that returns a collection of `FrameworkElement` objects representing UI regions. |
+| `ContextMenuRegion` | `Object ContextMenuRegion { get; set; }` | Read-write property for the context menu region context. |
+| `ContextMainRegion` | `Object ContextMainRegion { get; set; }` | Read-write property for the main content region context. |
+| `ContextNavigationRegion` | `Object ContextNavigationRegion { get; set; }` | Read-write property for the navigation region context. |
+
+---
+
+## 3. Invariants
+
+- `ISystemSettingsView` must always be assignable to `IBaseView` (inheritance constraint).
+- `ISystemSettingsViewModel` must always be assignable to `IBaseViewModel` (inheritance constraint).
+- The `View` property on `ISystemSettingsViewModel` must return an instance that implements `ISystemSettingsView`.
+- `GetRegions()` must return a `List<FrameworkElement>` (the list may be empty, but the return type is non-nullable in the signature).
+- The three region context properties (`ContextMenuRegion`, `ContextMainRegion`, `ContextNavigationRegion`) are typed as `Object`, implying they can accept any reference type; no compile-time type constraints are enforced.
+
+---
+
+## 4. Dependencies
+
+### This module depends on:
+- **`DTS.Common.Base`** — Provides `IBaseView` and `IBaseViewModel` base interfaces.
+- **`System`** — Core .NET types (`Object`).
+- **`System.Collections.Generic`** — Provides `List<T>` used by `GetRegions()`.
+- **`System.Windows`** — WPF framework providing `FrameworkElement` for region elements.
+
+### What depends on this module:
+- **Cannot be determined from source alone.** Concrete implementations of `ISystemSettingsView` and `ISystemSettingsViewModel` exist elsewhere in the codebase, but their locations are not visible in the provided files.
+
+---
+
+## 5. Gotchas
+
+- **Region properties are untyped:** `ContextMenuRegion`, `ContextMainRegion`, and `ContextNavigationRegion` are all declared as `Object`. The actual expected types and their usage patterns are unclear from the interface alone—consumers must refer to implementations or documentation to understand what types should be assigned.
+- **No nullability annotations:** The signatures lack nullability annotations (e.g., nullable reference types). Whether `GetRegions()` can return `null` or if region properties accept/return `null` is unspecified.
+- **`ISystemSettingsView` is empty:** This interface adds no members beyond `IBaseView`. Its purpose appears to be purely for type discrimination, but the architectural rationale is not evident from the source.
+- **WPF coupling:** The use of `FrameworkElement` in `GetRegions()` ties this interface to WPF, limiting portability to other UI frameworks.