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 * Copyright (C) Posten Norge AS
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 *
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package no.digipost.tuple;

import no.digipost.function.HexaFunction;

import java.util.function.Function;

import static no.digipost.tuple.XTuple.TERMINATOR;

/**
 * A hextuple is a simple composition of six arbitrary values (objects). A hextuple
 * captures no semantics of the six values, and they are only referred to as
 * "the first", "the second", "the third", "the fourth", "the fifth", and "the sixth" value.
 *
 * @param  The type of the first value
 * @param  The type of the second value
 * @param  The type of the third value
 * @param  The type of the fourth value
 * @param  The type of the fifth value
 * @param  The type of the sixth value
 */
public interface Hextuple extends ViewableAsHextuple {

    static  Hextuple of(T1 first, T2 second, T3 third, T4 fourth, T5 fifth, T6 sixth) {
        return new XTuple<>(first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, TERMINATOR, null, null, null);
    }

    static  Hextuple flatten(Tuple, T3>, T4>, T5>, T6> nestedTuple) {
        return Hextuple.of(nestedTuple.first().first().first().first().first(),
                           nestedTuple.first().first().first().first().second(),
                           nestedTuple.first().first().first().second(),
                           nestedTuple.first().first().second(),
                           nestedTuple.first().second(),
                           nestedTuple.second());
    }

    /**
     * @return the first value
     */
    T1 first();

    /**
     * @return the second value
     */
    T2 second();

    /**
     * @return the third value
     */
    T3 third();

    /**
     * @return the fourth value
     */
    T4 fourth();

    /**
     * @return the fifth value
     */
    T5 fifth();

    /**
     * @return the sixth value
     */
    T6 sixth();


    /**
     * Create a new hextuple by applying a function to the first element, and putting the
     * result as the first element of the new hextuple.
     *
     * @param mapper the function to apply to the first element
     * @return the new hextuple
     */
     Hextuple mapFirst(Function mapper);


    /**
     * Create a new hextuple by applying a function to the second element, and putting the
     * result as the second element of the new hextuple.
     *
     * @param mapper the function to apply to the second element
     * @return the new hextuple
     */
     Hextuple mapSecond(Function mapper);


    /**
     * Create a new hextuple by applying a function to the third element, and putting the
     * result as the third element of the new hextuple.
     *
     * @param mapper the function to apply to the third element
     * @return the new hextuple
     */
     Hextuple mapThird(Function mapper);


    /**
     * Create a new hextuple by applying a function to the fourth element, and putting the
     * result as the fourth element of the new hextuple.
     *
     * @param mapper the function to apply to the fourth element
     * @return the new hextuple
     */
     Hextuple mapFourth(Function mapper);


    /**
     * Create a new hextuple by applying a function to the fifth element, and putting the
     * result as the fifth element of the new hextuple.
     *
     * @param mapper the function to apply to the fifth element
     * @return the new hextuple
     */
     Hextuple mapFifth(Function mapper);


    /**
     * Create a new hextuple by applying a function to the sixth element, and putting the
     * result as the sixth element of the new hextuple.
     *
     * @param mapper the function to apply to the sixth element
     * @return the new hextuple
     */
     Hextuple mapSixth(Function mapper);


    /**
     * Create a new hextuple by applying a function to each element, and putting the
     * results into a new hextuple.
     *
     * @param firstMapper  the function to apply to the first element
     * @param secondMapper the function to apply to the second element
     * @param thirdMapper  the function to apply to the third element
     * @param fourthMapper the function to apply to the fourth element
     * @param fifthMapper  the function to apply to the fifth element
     * @param sixthMapper  the function to apply to the sixth element
     * @return the new hextuple
     */
     Hextuple map(Function firstMapper,
                                                                  Function secondMapper,
                                                                  Function thirdMapper,
                                                                  Function fourthMapper,
                                                                  Function fifthMapper,
                                                                  Function sixthMapper);


    /**
     * @return this hextuple instance
     */
    @Override
    Hextuple asHextuple();


    /**
     * Convert this hextuple to an instance of an arbitrary type.
     *
     * @param  The type of the resulting instance
     * @param convertor the function used to convert the contained
     *                  values to a resulting compound instance.
     * @return the result from the given function
     */
     R to(HexaFunction convertor);

}