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/**
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2006-2016, Speedment, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); You may not
 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
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package com.speedment.config.db.trait;

import com.speedment.annotation.Api;
import com.speedment.config.Document;
import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * Trait for {@link Document} implementations that is not the root. More 
 * concretely this means that they implement the {@link #getParent()} method.
 * 
 * @param   the type of the parent document
 * @author   Emil Forslund
 * @version  2.3
 */
@Api(version = "2.3")
public interface HasParent extends Document {

    /**
     * Returns the parent of this document. That is the document that is located
     * exactly one step above this document in the tree. If this is a root node,
     * an empty {@code Optional} is returned.
     * 
     * @return  the parent or {@code empty} if this is the root
     * @see #getParentOrThrow()
     */
    @Override
    Optional getParent();

    /**
     * Returns the parent of this document or throws an exception if this was
     * the root. This method can be used if you know beforehand that this
     * document is never the root.
     * 
     * @return                        the parent document
     * @throws IllegalStateException  if this was the root
     * @see #getParent()
     */
    default PARENT getParentOrThrow() throws IllegalStateException {
        return getParent().orElseThrow(
            () -> new IllegalStateException(
                "Unable to get parent for " + toString()
            )
        );
    }
}