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A library to query and verify JSON
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package com.jayway.jsonassert;

import org.hamcrest.Matcher;

/**
 * User: kallestenflo
 * Date: 1/24/11
 * Time: 9:22 PM
 */
public interface JsonAsserter {

    /**
     * Asserts that object specified by path satisfies the condition specified by matcher.
     * If not, an AssertionError is thrown with information about the matcher
     * and failing value. Example:
     * 
     * 
     * with(json).assertThat("items[0].name", equalTo("Bobby"))
     * .assertThat("items[0].age" , equalTo(24L))
     * 
     *
     * @param path    the json path specifying the value being compared
     * @param matcher an expression, built of Matchers, specifying allowed values
     * @param      the static type accepted by the matcher
     * @return this to allow fluent assertion chains
     */
     JsonAsserter assertThat(String path, Matcher matcher);

    /**
     * Asserts that object specified by path is equal to the expected value.
     * If they are not, an AssertionError is thrown with the given message.
     *
     * @param path     the json path specifying the value being compared
     * @param expected the expected value
     * @param       the static type that should be returned by the path
     * @return this to allow fluent assertion chains
     */
     JsonAsserter assertEquals(String path, T expected);

    /**
     * Checks that a path is not defined within a document. If the document contains the
     * given path, an AssertionError is thrown
     *
     * @param path the path to make sure not exists
     * @return this
     */
    JsonAsserter assertNotDefined(String path);


    /**
     * Asserts that object specified by path is null. If it is not, an AssertionError
     * is thrown with the given message.
     *
     * @param path the json path specifying the value that should be null
     * @return this to allow fluent assertion chains
     */
    JsonAsserter assertNull(String path);

    /**
     * Asserts that object specified by path is NOT null. If it is, an AssertionError
     * is thrown with the given message.
     *
     * @param path the json path specifying the value that should be NOT null
     * @return this to allow fluent assertion chains
     */
     JsonAsserter assertNotNull(String path);

    /**
     * Syntactic sugar to allow chaining assertions with a separating and() statement
     * 

     * 
     * 
     * with(json).assertThat("firstName", is(equalTo("Bobby"))).and().assertThat("lastName", is(equalTo("Ewing")))
     * 
     *
     * @return this to allow fluent assertion chains
     */
    JsonAsserter and();
}