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package org.apache.ignite.rest.presentation;

/** */
public interface ConfigurationPresentation<R> {
    /**
     * Converts to presentation whole system configuration (all system modules are included).
     *
     * @return System configuration presentation converted to a given presentation type.
     */
    R represent();

    /**
     * Converts to presentation only a fraction of system configuration defined by given path.
     *
     * If null path is passed method should fall back to returning whole system configuration.
     *
     * @param path Path to requested configuration in configuration tree or {@code null}.
     *
     * @return Requested configuration fraction or whole configuration if {@code null} was passed.
     */
    R representByPath(String path);

    /**
     * Converts and applies configuration update request to system configuration.
     *
     * Note: for simplisity on this stage of development it is supposed that update request
     * contains only one root to update despite of multiroot configuration is supported.
     *
     * To support updating multiple roots at once more logic should be implemented including
     * support in {@link FormatConverter} subclasses.
     *
     * @param configUpdate Configuration update request in representation form.
     */
    void update(R configUpdate);
}