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package org.apache.sling.distribution;

import aQute.bnd.annotation.ProviderType;

import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import java.util.Arrays;

/**
 * A {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.DistributionRequest} represents the need from the caller to have
 * some content being distributed from a source instance to a target instance.
 */
@ProviderType
public interface DistributionRequest {


    /**
     * get the {@link DistributionRequestType} associated with this request
     *
     * @return the type of the request as a {@link DistributionRequestType}
     */
    @Nonnull
    public DistributionRequestType getRequestType();

    /**
     * get the paths for this distribution request
     *
     * @return an array of paths
     */
    @CheckForNull
    public String[] getPaths();


    /**
     * Returns whether the paths are covering the entire subtree (deep) or just the specified nodes (shallow)
     *
     * @param path the path to be checked
     * @return <code>true</code> if the paths are deep
     */
    public boolean isDeep(@Nonnull String path);


}