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/*
 * Copyright 2008-present MongoDB, Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

package org.bson.codecs;

import org.bson.BsonValue;

/**
 * A Codec that generates complete BSON documents for storage in a MongoDB collection.
 *
 * @param  the document type
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface CollectibleCodec extends Codec {
    /**
     * Generates a value for the _id field on the given document, if the document does not have one.
     *
     * @param document the document for which to generate a value for the _id.
     * @return the document with the _id
     */
    T generateIdIfAbsentFromDocument(T document);

    /**
     * Returns true if the given document has an _id.
     *
     * @param document the document in which to look for an _id
     * @return true if the document has an _id
     */
    boolean documentHasId(T document);

    /**
     * Gets the _id of the given document if it contains one, otherwise throws {@code IllegalArgumentException}.  To avoid the latter case,
     * call {@code documentHasId} first to check.
     *
     * @param document the document from which to get the _id
     * @return the _id of the document
     * @throws java.lang.IllegalStateException if the document does not contain an _id
     */
    BsonValue getDocumentId(T document);
}