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package ch.tutteli.atrium.assertions

import ch.tutteli.atrium.reporting.translating.Translatable

/**
 * The base interface for [Assertion]s which consist of a [representation] of an expected result
 * with a complementary [description].
 *
 * For instance, the assertion `is not: null` could be represented with this type where `null` is the [representation]
 * and `is not` the complementary [description].
 */
interface DescriptiveAssertion : Assertion {
    /**
     * The representation of the expected result such as `1`, `null` etc.
     */
    val representation: Any

    /**
     * The complementary description to the [representation] result such as `contains`, `is not` etc.
     */
    val description: Translatable
}