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/**
 * This software is licensed under the Apache 2 license, quoted below.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 1999-2019, Live Software & Consultants Inc ([email protected])
 *
 * 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 org.algorithmx.rules.bind;

import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.function.Supplier;

/**
 * A binding between a name and a value of a type.
 * A Binding has a name, type and a value. The name and type cannot be changed once the Binding is created.
 *
 * @param  generic type of the Binding.
 *
 * @author Max Arulananthan
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface Binding extends Supplier {

	String NAME_REGEX = "^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*?$";

	/**
	 * Name of the Binding.
     *
	 * @return name.
	 */
	String getName();

	/**
	 * Type of the Binding.
     *
	 * @return type.
	 */
	Type getType();

    /**
     * Determines whether this Binding is modifiable.
     *
     * @return true if modifiable; false otherwise.
     */
    default boolean isMutable() {
    	return true;
	}

	@Override
	default T get() {
		return getValue();
	}

	/**
	 * Value of the Binding.
     *
	 * @return value.
	 */
	T getValue();

	/**
	 * Textual Value of the Binding.
	 *
	 * @return string value of the Binding. The default implementation will call toString() on the value.
	 */
	default String getTextValue() {
		Object result = getValue();
		return result != null ? result.toString() : null;
	}

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the Binding.
	 *
	 * @param value new value.
	 *
	 * @throws InvalidBindingException thrown if the value doesn't pass the validation check
	 * or if there is type mismatch. The type checking simply makes sure that the value passed matches the declared type
	 * of the Binding. It will not check any generics similar to Java. If the Binding is declared as List of Integers
	 * and the value that is passed is a List of Strings. InvalidBindingException will NOT be thrown in this case.
	 */
	void setValue(T value) throws InvalidBindingException;

	/**
	 * Determines whether the given type is acceptable.
	 * 
	 * @param type input type.
	 * @return true if the given type matches the SimpleBinding type.
	 */
	boolean isTypeAcceptable(Type type);

	/**
	 * Determines whether the binding can be assigned to the given Type.
	 *
	 * @param type desired type.
	 * @return true if this Binding can be assigned to the desired type.
	 */
	boolean isAssignable(Type type);
}