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package org.apache.edgent.function;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * A wrapped function. 
 *
 * @param <F> Type of function being wrapped.
 */
public abstract class WrappedFunction<F> implements Serializable {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    
    private final F f;
    
    protected WrappedFunction(F f) {
        this.f = f;
    }
    
    /**
     * Function that was wrapped.
     * @return Function that was wrapped.
     */
    public final F f() { return f; }
    
    /**
     * Unwrap to find the outermost function that is an instance of {@code clazz}.
     * @param <C> Type of class.
     * @param clazz Implementation class to search for.
     * @return outermost function that is an instance of {@code clazz},
     * {@code null} if {@code clazz} is not implemented by {@code this}
     * or any function it wraps.
     * 
     * @see WrappedFunction#unwrap(Class, Object)
     */
    public <C> C unwrap(Class<C> clazz) {
        return unwrap(clazz, this);
    }
    
    /**
     * Unwrap a function object to find the outermost function that implements {@code clazz}.
     * If a function object is not an instance of {@code clazz} but is an instance of
     * {@code WrappedFunction} then the test is repeated on the value of {@link #f()}.
     *  
     * @param <C> Type of class.
     * @param clazz Implementation class to search for.
     * @param wf Function to unwrap
     * @return outermost function that implements {@code clazz}, {@code null} if
     * if {@code clazz} is not implemented by {@code wf} or any function it wraps.
     */
    public static <C> C unwrap(Class<C> clazz, Object wf) {
        
        for (;;) {
            if (clazz.isInstance(wf))
                return clazz.cast(wf);
            if (wf instanceof WrappedFunction)
                wf = ((WrappedFunction<?>) wf).f();
            else
                return null;              
        }
    }
}