MandatoryFacet.java

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package org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.facets.objectvalue.mandatory;

import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.adapter.ObjectAdapter;
import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.facetapi.Facet;
import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.facetapi.FacetHolder;
import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.facets.MarkerFacet;
import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.interactions.ValidatingInteractionAdvisor;

/**
 * Whether a property or a parameter is mandatory (not optional).
 * 
 * <p>
 * For a mandatory property, the object cannot be saved/updated without the
 * value being provided. For a mandatory parameter, the action cannot be invoked
 * without the value being provided.
 * 
 * <p>
 * In the standard Apache Isis Programming Model, specify mandatory by
 * <i>omitting</i> the <tt>@Optional</tt> annotation.
 */
public interface MandatoryFacet extends MarkerFacet, ValidatingInteractionAdvisor {

    /**
     * Whether this value is required but has not been provided (and is
     * therefore invalid).
     * 
     * <p>
     * If the value has been provided, <i>or</i> if the property or parameter is
     * not required, then will return <tt>false</tt>.
     */
    boolean isRequiredButNull(ObjectAdapter adapter);

    /**
     * Indicates that the implementation is overridding the usual semantics, in
     * other words that the {@link FacetHolder} to which this {@link Facet} is
     * attached is <i>not</i> mandatory.
     */
    public boolean isInvertedSemantics();
}