001/*
002 * Copyright (c) 2016-2017 Chris K Wensel. All Rights Reserved.
003 *
004 * Project and contact information: http://www.cascading.org/
005 *
006 * This file is part of the Cascading project.
007 *
008 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
009 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
010 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
011 *
012 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
013 *
014 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
015 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
016 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
017 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
018 * limitations under the License.
019 */
020
021package cascading.nested.core;
022
023import cascading.tuple.type.CoercibleType;
024import heretical.pointer.path.NestedPointerCompiler;
025
026/**
027 *
028 */
029public interface NestedCoercibleType<Node, Result> extends CoercibleType<Node>
030  {
031  NestedPointerCompiler<Node, Result> getNestedPointerCompiler();
032
033  Node deepCopy( Node node );
034
035  Node newRoot();
036
037  /**
038   * Method getNode returns a Node representation for the given value.
039   * <p>
040   * This is different than a type coercion. With a coercion, a String value could be parsed from XML into a DOM object.
041   * <p>
042   * With a literal conversion, it is assumed the String is a literal String value and is not to be parsed.
043   *
044   * @param value of Object
045   * @return Node
046   */
047  default Node node( Object value )
048    {
049    return getNestedPointerCompiler().node( value );
050    }
051  }