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package org.instancio;

/**
 * A selector that can be:
 *
 * 
 *   grouped with other selectors
 *   narrowed down using {@link Scope}
 *   converted to {@link Scope}
 * 
 *
 * @see Select
 * @see TargetSelector
 * @since 1.2.0
 */
public interface Selector extends DepthSelector, GroupableSelector, ScopeableSelector, ConvertibleToScope {

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     *
     * @since 3.0.0
     */
    @Override
    ScopeableSelector atDepth(int depth);

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     *
     * @since 1.3.0
     */
    @Override
    GroupableSelector within(Scope... scopes);
}