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package dev.cel.common.values;

import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * SelectableValue is an interface for representing a value that supports field selection and
 * presence tests. Few examples are structs, protobuf messages, maps and optional values.
 */
public interface SelectableValue<T> {

  /**
   * Performs field selection. The behavior depends on the concrete implementation of the value
   * being selected. For structs and maps, this must throw an exception if the field does not exist.
   * For optional values, this will return an {@code optional.none()}.
   */
  Object select(T field);

  /**
   * Finds the field. This will return an {@link Optional#empty()} if the field does not exist. This
   * can be used for presence testing.
   */
  Optional<? extends Object> find(T field);
}
