DescriptionBuilder.java

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package sh.isaac.api.component.concept.description;

//~--- non-JDK imports --------------------------------------------------------

import sh.isaac.api.IdentifiedComponentBuilder;
import sh.isaac.api.chronicle.ObjectChronology;
import sh.isaac.api.component.concept.ConceptSpecification;
import sh.isaac.api.identity.StampedVersion;

//~--- interfaces -------------------------------------------------------------

/**
 * The Interface DescriptionBuilder.
 *
 * @author kec
 * @param <T> the generic type
 * @param <V> the value type
 */
public interface DescriptionBuilder<T extends ObjectChronology<?>, V extends StampedVersion>
        extends IdentifiedComponentBuilder<T> {
   /**
    * Adds the acceptable in dialect assemblage.
    *
    * @param dialectAssemblage the dialect assemblage
    * @return the description builder
    */
   DescriptionBuilder<?, ?> addAcceptableInDialectAssemblage(ConceptSpecification dialectAssemblage);

   /**
    * Adds the preferred in dialect assemblage.
    *
    * @param dialectAssemblage the dialect assemblage
    * @return the description builder
    */
   DescriptionBuilder<?, ?> addPreferredInDialectAssemblage(ConceptSpecification dialectAssemblage);
}