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1   /*
2    * Portions of this software was developed by employees of the National Institute
3    * of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the Federal Government and is
4    * being made available as a public service. Pursuant to title 17 United States
5    * Code Section 105, works of NIST employees are not subject to copyright
6    * protection in the United States. This software may be subject to foreign
7    * copyright. Permission in the United States and in foreign countries, to the
8    * extent that NIST may hold copyright, to use, copy, modify, create derivative
9    * works, and distribute this software and its documentation without fee is hereby
10   * granted on a non-exclusive basis, provided that this notice and disclaimer
11   * of warranty appears in all copies.
12   *
13   * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS' WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER
14   * EXPRESSED, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTY
15   * THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL CONFORM TO SPECIFICATIONS, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
16   * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND FREEDOM FROM
17   * INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTY THAT THE DOCUMENTATION WILL CONFORM TO THE
18   * SOFTWARE, OR ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL BE ERROR FREE.  IN NO EVENT
19   * SHALL NIST BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT,
20   * INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF, RESULTING FROM,
21   * OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THIS SOFTWARE, WHETHER OR NOT BASED UPON WARRANTY,
22   * CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, WHETHER OR NOT INJURY WAS SUSTAINED BY PERSONS OR
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24   * OF THE RESULTS OF, OR USE OF, THE SOFTWARE OR SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER.
25   */
26  
27  package gov.nist.secauto.metaschema.core.model;
28  
29  import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.NonNull;
30  import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.Nullable;
31  
32  public interface IFieldDefinition extends IValuedDefinition, IFlagContainer, IField {
33  
34    @Override
35    default IFieldDefinition getOwningDefinition() {
36      return this;
37    }
38  
39    @Override
40    IFieldInstance getInlineInstance();
41  
42    /**
43     * Retrieves the key to use as the field name for this field's value in JSON.
44     *
45     * @return a string or a FlagInstance value
46     */
47    @Nullable
48    default Object getJsonValueKey() {
49      Object retval = getJsonValueKeyFlagInstance();
50      if (retval == null) {
51        retval = getJsonValueKeyName();
52      }
53      return retval;
54    }
55  
56    /**
57     * Check if a JSON value key flag is configured.
58     *
59     * @return {@code true} if a JSON value key flag is configured, or {@code false}
60     *         otherwise
61     */
62    default boolean hasJsonValueKeyFlagInstance() {
63      return getJsonValueKeyFlagInstance() != null;
64    }
65  
66    /**
67     * Retrieves the flag instance who's value will be used as the "value key".
68     *
69     * @return the configured flag instance, or {@code null} if a flag is not
70     *         configured as the "value key"
71     */
72    @Nullable
73    IFlagInstance getJsonValueKeyFlagInstance();
74  
75    /**
76     * Retrieves the configured static label to use as the value key, or the type
77     * specific name if a label is not configured.
78     *
79     * @return the value key label
80     */
81    @NonNull
82    String getJsonValueKeyName();
83  
84    /**
85     * Get the value of the field's value from the field item object.
86     *
87     * @param item
88     *          the field item
89     * @return the field's value or {@code null} if it has no value
90     */
91    Object getFieldValue(@NonNull Object item);
92  }