// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity >=0.7.6 <0.9;

/**
 * A special contract that holds Flare governance address.
 * This contract enables updating governance address and timelock only by hard forking the network,
 * meaning only by updating validator code.
 */
interface IGovernanceSettings {
    /**
     * Get the governance account address.
     * The governance address can only be changed by a hardfork.
     */
    function getGovernanceAddress() external view returns (address);

    /**
     * Get the time in seconds that must pass between a governance call and execution.
     * The timelock value can only be changed by a hardfork.
     */
    function getTimelock() external view returns (uint256);

    /**
     * Get the addresses of the accounts that are allowed to execute the timelocked governance calls
     * once the timelock period expires.
     * Executors can be changed without a hardfork, via a normal governance call.
     */
    function getExecutors() external view returns (address[] memory);

    /**
     * Check whether an address is one of the executors.
     */
    function isExecutor(address _address) external view returns (bool);
}