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package freemarker.template;
import freemarker.ext.util.WrapperTemplateModel;
/**
* Experimental - subject to change: Adds functionality to {@link ObjectWrapper} that creates a plain Java object
* from a {@link TemplateModel}. This is usually implemented by {@link ObjectWrapper}-s and reverses
* {@link ObjectWrapper#wrap(Object)}. However, an implementation of this interface should make a reasonable effort to
* "unwrap" {@link TemplateModel}-s that wasn't the result of object wrapping (such as those created directly in FTL),
* or which was created by another {@link ObjectWrapper}. The author of an {@link ObjectWrapperAndUnwrapper} should be
* aware of the {@link TemplateModelAdapter} and {@link WrapperTemplateModel} interfaces, which should be used for
* unwrapping if the {@link TemplateModel} implements them.
*
*
* Experimental status warning: This interface is subject to change on non-backward compatible ways, hence, it
* shouldn't be implemented outside FreeMarker yet.
*
* @since 2.3.22
*/
public interface ObjectWrapperAndUnwrapper extends ObjectWrapper {
/**
* Indicates that while the unwrapping is maybe possible, the result surely can't be the instance of the
* desired class, nor it can be {@code null}.
*
* @see #tryUnwrapTo(TemplateModel, Class)
*
* @since 2.3.22
*/
Object CANT_UNWRAP_TO_TARGET_CLASS = new Object();
/**
* Unwraps a {@link TemplateModel} to a plain Java object.
*
* @return The plain Java object. Can be {@code null}, if {@code null} is the appropriate Java value to represent
* the template model. {@code null} must not be used to indicate an unwrapping failure. It must NOT be
* {@link #CANT_UNWRAP_TO_TARGET_CLASS}.
*
* @throws TemplateModelException
* If the unwrapping fails from any reason.
*
* @see #tryUnwrapTo(TemplateModel, Class)
*
* @since 2.3.22
*/
Object unwrap(TemplateModel tm) throws TemplateModelException;
/**
* Attempts to unwrap a {@link TemplateModel} to a plain Java object that's the instance of the given class (or is
* {@code null}).
*
* @param targetClass
* The class that the return value must be an instance of (except when the return value is {@code null}).
* Can't be {@code null}; if the caller doesn't care, it should either use {#unwrap(TemplateModel)}, or
* {@code Object.class} as the parameter value.
*
* @return The unwrapped value that's either an instance of {@code targetClass}, or is {@code null} (if {@code null}
* is the appropriate Java value to represent the template model), or is
* {@link #CANT_UNWRAP_TO_TARGET_CLASS} if the unwrapping can't satisfy the {@code targetClass} (nor the
* result can be {@code null}). However, {@link #CANT_UNWRAP_TO_TARGET_CLASS} must not be returned if the
* {@code targetClass} parameter was {@code Object.class}.
*
* @throws TemplateModelException
* If the unwrapping fails for a reason than doesn't fit the meaning of the
* {@link #CANT_UNWRAP_TO_TARGET_CLASS} return value.
*
* @see #unwrap(TemplateModel)
*
* @since 2.3.22
*/
Object tryUnwrapTo(TemplateModel tm, Class targetClass) throws TemplateModelException;
}