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package org.opends.server.admin;



/**
 * A visitor of default behavior providers, in the style of the visitor design
 * pattern. Classes implementing this interface can query default behavior
 * providers in a type-safe manner when the kind of default behavior provider
 * is unknown at compile time. When a visitor is passed to a default behavior
 * provider's accept method, the corresponding visit method most applicable to
 * that default behavior provider is invoked.
 *
 * @param <T>
 *          The type of values represented by the default value provider.
 * @param <R>
 *          The return type of this visitor's methods. Use
 *          {@link java.lang.Void} for visitors that do not need to return
 *          results.
 * @param <P>
 *          The type of the additional parameter to this visitor's methods. Use
 *          {@link java.lang.Void} for visitors that do not need an additional
 *          parameter.
 */
public interface DefaultBehaviorProviderVisitor<T, R, P> {

  /**
   * Visit an absolute inherited default behavior provider.
   *
   * @param d
   *          The absolute inherited default behavior provider to visit.
   * @param p
   *          A visitor specified parameter.
   * @return Returns a visitor specified result.
   */
  R visitAbsoluteInherited(AbsoluteInheritedDefaultBehaviorProvider<T> d, P p);



  /**
   * Visit an alias default behavior provider.
   *
   * @param d
   *          The alias default behavior provider to visit.
   * @param p
   *          A visitor specified parameter.
   * @return Returns a visitor specified result.
   */
  R visitAlias(AliasDefaultBehaviorProvider<T> d, P p);



  /**
   * Visit an defined default behavior provider.
   *
   * @param d
   *          The defined default behavior provider to visit.
   * @param p
   *          A visitor specified parameter.
   * @return Returns a visitor specified result.
   */
  R visitDefined(DefinedDefaultBehaviorProvider<T> d, P p);



  /**
   * Visit a relative inherited default behavior provider.
   *
   * @param d
   *          The relative inherited default behavior provider to visit.
   * @param p
   *          A visitor specified parameter.
   * @return Returns a visitor specified result.
   */
  R visitRelativeInherited(RelativeInheritedDefaultBehaviorProvider<T> d, P p);



  /**
   * Visit an undefined default behavior provider.
   *
   * @param d
   *          The undefined default behavior provider to visit.
   * @param p
   *          A visitor specified parameter.
   * @return Returns a visitor specified result.
   */
  R visitUndefined(UndefinedDefaultBehaviorProvider<T> d, P p);

}