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package org.apache.brooklyn.api.location;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.brooklyn.api.objs.BrooklynObject;
import org.apache.brooklyn.config.ConfigKey;
import org.apache.brooklyn.config.ConfigKey.HasConfigKey;

/**
 * A location that an entity can be in. Examples of locations include a single machine
 * or a pool of machines, or a region within a given cloud. 
 */
public interface Location extends BrooklynObject {

    /**
     * A unique id for this location.
     */
    @Override
    String getId();

    /**
     * Get the name assigned to this location.
     *
     * @return the name assigned to the location.
     * @since 0.6 (previously getName())
     */
    @Override
    String getDisplayName();

    /**
     * Get the 'parent' of this location. Locations are organized into a tree hierarchy, and this method will return a reference
     * to the parent of this location, or {@code null} if this location is the tree root.
     *
     * @return a reference to the parent of this location, or {@code null} if this location is the tree root.
     * @since 0.6 (previously getParentLocation())
     */
    Location getParent();

    /**
     * Get the 'children' of this location. Locations are organized into a tree hierarchy, and this method will return a
     * collection containing the children of this location. This collection is an unmodifiable view of the data.
     *
     * @return a collection containing the children of this location.
     * @since 0.6 (previously getChildLocations())
     */
    Collection getChildren();

    /**
     * Set the 'parent' of this location. If this location was previously a child of a different location, it is removed from
     * the other location first. It is valid to pass in {@code null} to indicate that the location should be disconnected
     * from its parent.
     * 
     * Adds this location as a child of the new parent (see {@code getChildLocations()}).
     *
     * @param newParent the new parent location object, or {@code null} to clear the parent reference.
     * @since 0.6 (previously setParentLocation(Location))
     */
    void setParent(Location newParent);

    /**
     * @return meta-data about the location (usually a long line, or a small number of lines).
     * 
     * @since 0.6
     */
    String toVerboseString();
    
    /**
     * Answers true if this location equals or is an ancestor of the given location.
     */
    boolean containsLocation(Location potentialDescendent);

    /**
     * Convenience method for {@code config().get(key)}
     * 
     * @see {@link #getConfig(ConfigKey)}
     */
     T getConfig(HasConfigKey key);

    /** 
     * True iff the indication config key is set, either inherited (second argument true) or locally-only (second argument false).
     * 
     * @deprecated since 0.7.0; use {@link #config()}, such as {@code ((LocationInternal)location).config().getRaw(key).isPresent()}
     */
    @Deprecated
    boolean hasConfig(ConfigKey key, boolean includeInherited);

    /** 
     * Returns all config set, either inherited (argument true) or locally-only (argument false).
     * 
     * @deprecated since 0.7.0; use {@link #config()}, such as {@code policy.config().getBag()}
     */
    @Deprecated
    public Map getAllConfig(boolean includeInherited);
    
    /**
     * Whether this location has support for the given extension type.
     * See additional comments in {@link #getExtension(Class)}.
     * 
     * @throws NullPointerException if extensionType is null
     */
    boolean hasExtension(Class extensionType);

    /**
     * Returns an extension of the given type. Note that the type must be an exact match for
     * how the extension was registered (e.g. {@code getExtension(Object.class)} will not match
     * anything, even though registered extension extend {@link Object}.
     * 

* This will not look at extensions of {@link #getParent()}. * * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this location does not support the given extension type * @throws NullPointerException if extensionType is null */ T getExtension(Class extensionType); @Override RelationSupport relations(); }





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