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package org.apache.brooklyn.api.policy;

import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.brooklyn.api.internal.AbstractBrooklynObjectSpec;

/**
 * Gives details of a policy to be created. It describes the policy's configuration, and is
 * reusable to create multiple policies with the same configuration.
 * 
 * To create a PolicySpec, it is strongly encouraged to use {@code create(...)} methods.
 * 
 * @param <T> The type of policy to be created
 * 
 * @author aled
 */
public class PolicySpec<T extends Policy> extends AbstractBrooklynObjectSpec<T,PolicySpec<T>> {

    private final static long serialVersionUID = 1L;


    /**
     * Creates a new {@link PolicySpec} instance for a policy of the given type. The returned 
     * {@link PolicySpec} can then be customized.
     * 
     * @param type A {@link Policy} class
     */
    public static <T extends Policy> PolicySpec<T> create(Class<T> type) {
        return new PolicySpec<T>(type);
    }
    
    /**
     * Creates a new {@link PolicySpec} instance with the given config, for a policy of the given type.
     * 
     * This is primarily for groovy code; equivalent to {@code PolicySpec.create(type).configure(config)}.
     * 
     * @param config The spec's configuration (see {@link PolicySpec#configure(Map)}).
     * @param type   A {@link Policy} class
     */
    public static <T extends Policy> PolicySpec<T> create(Map<?,?> config, Class<T> type) {
        return PolicySpec.create(type).configure(config);
    }
    
    protected PolicySpec(Class<T> type) {
        super(type);
    }
    
    protected void checkValidType(Class<? extends T> type) {
        checkIsImplementation(type, Policy.class);
        checkIsNewStyleImplementation(type);
    }
    
    public PolicySpec<T> uniqueTag(String uniqueTag) {
        flags.put("uniqueTag", uniqueTag);
        return this;
    }
        
}