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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2014, Francis Galiegue ([email protected])
 *
 * This software is dual-licensed under:
 *
 * - the Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3.0 or, at your option, any
 *   later version;
 * - the Apache Software License (ASL) version 2.0.
 *
 * The text of this file and of both licenses is available at the root of this
 * project or, if you have the jar distribution, in directory META-INF/, under
 * the names LGPL-3.0.txt and ASL-2.0.txt respectively.
 *
 * Direct link to the sources:
 *
 * - LGPL 3.0: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt
 * - ASL 2.0: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
 */

package com.github.fge.jsonpatch.operation;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializable;
import com.github.fge.jsonpatch.JsonPatchException;

/**
 * Base abstract class for one patch operation
 *
 * Two more abstract classes extend this one according to the arguments of
 * the operation:
 *
 * 
 *     {@link com.github.fge.jsonpatch.operation.DualPathOperation} for operations taking a second pointer as
 *     an argument ({@code copy} and {@code move});
 *     {@link PathValueOperation} for operations taking a value as an
 *     argument ({@code add}, {@code replace} and {@code test}).
 * 
 */

@JsonTypeInfo(use = JsonTypeInfo.Id.NAME, include = JsonTypeInfo.As.PROPERTY, property = "op")

@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
public interface JsonPatchOperation
    extends JsonSerializable
{
    /**
     * Apply this operation to a JSON value
     *
     * @param node the value to patch
     * @return the patched value
     * @throws com.github.fge.jsonpatch.JsonPatchException operation failed to apply to this value
     */
    public JsonNode apply(final JsonNode node)
        throws JsonPatchException;

    @Override
    public String toString();
}