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/*
 * OfficeFloor - http://www.officefloor.net
 * Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Daniel Sagenschneider
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see .
 */
package net.officefloor.web.value.retrieve;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;

import net.officefloor.server.http.HttpException;

/**
 * Retrieves a value from an object graph.
 * 
 * @author Daniel Sagenschneider
 */
public interface ValueRetriever {

	/**
	 * Retrieves the value from the object graph.
	 * 
	 * @param object
	 *            Root object of the object graph.
	 * @param name
	 *            Property name.
	 * @return Property value.
	 * @throws HttpException
	 *             If fails to retrieve the value.
	 */
	Object retrieveValue(T object, String name) throws HttpException;

	/**
	 * Obtains the value type for the property on the object graph. It may be
	 * null indicating the path does not exist on the bean graph.
	 * 
	 * @param name
	 *            Property name.
	 * @return Value type. May be null if the path not exists.
	 * @throws HttpException
	 *             If fails to determine if value is retrievable.
	 */
	Class getValueType(String name) throws HttpException;

	/**
	 * Obtains the value annotation for the property on the object graph. It may be
	 * null indicating either:
	 * 
	 * the path does not exist on the bean graph, or
	 * no annotation by type for property
	 * 
	 * 
	 * @param 
	 *            {@link Annotation} type.
	 * @param name
	 *            Property name.
	 * @param annotationType
	 *            Annotation type.
	 * @return Annotation. May be null.
	 * @throws HttpException
	 *             If fails to obtain annotation.
	 */
	 A getValueAnnotation(String name, Class annotationType) throws HttpException;

}