ContextualCopyOperation.java

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 * Copyright 2014 Tariq Bugrara
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package io.progix.dropwizard.patch.operations.contextual;

import io.progix.dropwizard.patch.JsonPath;
import io.progix.dropwizard.patch.operations.CopyOperation;

/**
 * @param <T> the type of the object this copy operation should be preformed on
 * @see CopyOperation
 */
public interface ContextualCopyOperation<T> {

    /**
     * @param context The context this copy operation should be preformed on
     * @param from    The {@link JsonPath} for the location of the value to copy
     * @param path    The {@link JsonPath} for the location the value should be copied to
     * @see CopyOperation
     */
    public T copy(T context, JsonPath from, JsonPath path);
}