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A utility to reduce boilerplate code in Bukkit plugins.

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/*
 * This file is part of helper, licensed under the MIT License.
 *
 *  Copyright (c) lucko (Luck) 
 *  Copyright (c) contributors
 *
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 *
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 */

package me.lucko.helper.interfaces;

/**
 * Represents a class which delegates calls to a different object.
 *
 * @param  the delegate type
 */
public interface Delegate {

    static Object resolve(Object obj) {
        while (obj instanceof Delegate) {
            Delegate delegate = (Delegate) obj;
            obj = delegate.getDelegate();
        }
        return obj;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the delegate object
     *
     * @return the delegate object
     */
    T getDelegate();

}