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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
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25   */
26  
27  package gov.nist.secauto.metaschema.core.model;
28  
29  import java.util.Collection;
30  
31  import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.NonNull;
32  import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.Nullable;
33  
34  /**
35   * This marker interface identifies a type of definition that contains flags,
36   * either a field or assembly.
37   */
38  public interface IFlagContainer extends IDefinition, IContainer {
39    /**
40     * Retrieve the Metaschema definition containing this container.
41     *
42     * @return the containing Metaschema definition
43     */
44    @Override
45    @NonNull
46    IFlagContainer getOwningDefinition();
47  
48    @Override
49    INamedModelInstance getInlineInstance();
50  
51    /**
52     * Identifies if the field has flags or not, or if it has a complex structure
53     * (i.e, model).
54     *
55     * @return {@code true} if the field has no flags or model, or false otherwise
56     */
57    default boolean isSimple() {
58      return getFlagInstances().isEmpty();
59    }
60  
61    /**
62     * Retrieves a flag instance, by the flag's effective name, that is defined on
63     * the containing definition.
64     *
65     * @param name
66     *          the flag's name
67     * @return the matching flag instance, or {@code null} if there is no flag
68     *         matching the specified name
69     */
70    @Nullable
71    IFlagInstance getFlagInstanceByName(@NonNull String name);
72  
73    /**
74     * Retrieves the flag instances for all flags defined on the containing
75     * definition.
76     *
77     * @return the flags
78     */
79    @NonNull
80    Collection<? extends IFlagInstance> getFlagInstances();
81  
82    /**
83     * Indicates if a flag's value can be used as a property name in the containing
84     * object in JSON who's value will be the object containing the flag. In such
85     * cases, the flag will not appear in the object. This is only allowed if the
86     * flag is required, as determined by a {@code true} result from
87     * {@link IFlagInstance#isRequired()}. The {@link IFlagInstance} can be
88     * retrieved using {@link #getJsonKeyFlagInstance()}.
89     *
90     * @return {@code true} if the flag's value can be used as a property name, or
91     *         {@code false} otherwise
92     * @see #getJsonKeyFlagInstance()
93     */
94    // TODO: remove once moved to the instance side
95    default boolean hasJsonKey() {
96      return getJsonKeyFlagInstance() != null;
97    }
98  
99    /**
100    * Retrieves the flag instance to use as as the property name for the containing
101    * object in JSON who's value will be the object containing the flag.
102    *
103    * @return the flag instance if a JSON key is configured, or {@code null}
104    *         otherwise
105    * @see #hasJsonKey()
106    */
107   // TODO: remove once moved to the instance side
108   @Nullable
109   IFlagInstance getJsonKeyFlagInstance();
110 }