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package org.apache.commons.lang3.exception;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;

/**
 * Allows the storage and retrieval of contextual information based on label-value
 * pairs for exceptions.
 * 
 * Implementations are expected to manage the pairs in a list-style collection
 * that keeps the pairs in the sequence of their addition.
 * 
 * 
 * @see ContextedException
 * @see ContextedRuntimeException
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface ExceptionContext {

    /**
     * Adds a contextual label-value pair into this context.
     * 
     * The pair will be added to the context, independently of an already
     * existing pair with the same label.
     * 
     * 
     * @param label  the label of the item to add, {@code null} not recommended
     * @param value  the value of item to add, may be {@code null}
     * @return {@code this}, for method chaining, not {@code null}
     */
    ExceptionContext addContextValue(String label, Object value);

    /**
     * Sets a contextual label-value pair into this context.
     * 
     * The pair will be added normally, but any existing label-value pair with
     * the same label is removed from the context.
     * 
     * 
     * @param label  the label of the item to add, {@code null} not recommended
     * @param value  the value of item to add, may be {@code null}
     * @return {@code this}, for method chaining, not {@code null}
     */
    ExceptionContext setContextValue(String label, Object value);

    /**
     * Retrieves all the contextual data values associated with the label.
     * 
     * @param label  the label to get the contextual values for, may be {@code null}
     * @return the contextual values associated with the label, never {@code null}
     */
    List