001/*
002 *  Copyright 2019 Anyware Services
003 *
004 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
008 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009 *
010 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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013 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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015 */
016package org.ametys.plugins.repository.data.type;
017
018import org.ametys.plugins.repository.data.UnknownDataException;
019import org.ametys.plugins.repository.data.repositorydata.RepositoryData;
020import org.ametys.runtime.model.type.ModelItemType;
021
022/**
023 * Interface for types of model items stored in the repository
024 */
025public interface RepositoryModelItemType extends ModelItemType
026{
027    /**
028    * Checks if the value in the given repository data is compatible with the item type 
029    * @param parentData repository data containing the data to check
030    * @param name the name of the data to check
031    * @return <code>true</code> if the data type matches the current type, <code>false</code> otherwise
032    * @throws UnknownDataException if there is no data in the parent repository data with this name
033    */
034    public boolean isCompatible(RepositoryData parentData, String name) throws UnknownDataException;
035}