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package com.servoy.j2db.server.ngclient.property.types;
import org.sablo.specification.PropertyDescription;
import com.servoy.j2db.server.ngclient.property.ComponentTypeSabloValue;
import com.servoy.j2db.server.ngclient.property.IDataLinkedPropertyValue;
import com.servoy.j2db.util.Pair;
/**
* An IDataLinkedType that works with wrapped {@link IDataLinkedPropertyValue} instances. So the value of the property will use a wrapped {@link IDataLinkedPropertyValue}
* that can register as listener to the DAL instead of the actual value of the property registering to the DAL.
*
* TODO this interface is only needed for some code in {@link ComponentTypeSabloValue} that searches for a root property name based on a possibly nested value; it should be refactored somehow.
*
* @author acostescu
* @see IDataLinkedType
*/
public interface IWrapperDataLinkedType<FormElementT, T> extends IDataLinkedType<FormElementT, T>
{
/**
* Returns the nested data linked property value if any and it's (so nested) property description.
*/
Pair<IDataLinkedPropertyValue, PropertyDescription> getWrappedDataLinkedValue(T propertyValue, PropertyDescription pd);
}