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package net.openhft.chronicle.map;

import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.ChronicleHash;
import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.HashContext;
import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.Data;

/**
 * Context, in which {@link MapEntry MapEntries} are accessed. {@code MapContext} allows to access
 * {@link MapEntryOperations}, configured for the accessed {@link ChronicleMap} via {@link
 * ChronicleMapBuilder#entryOperations(MapEntryOperations)}. {@code MapContext} implements {@code
 * MapEntryOperations} by delegation to the configured {@code entryOperations}.
 * 
 * @param <K> the map key type
 * @param <V> the map value type
 * @param <R> the return type of {@link MapEntryOperations} specified for the queried map
 */
public interface MapContext<K, V, R>
        extends HashContext<K>, MapEntryOperations<K, V, R>, DefaultValueProvider<K, V> {
    /**
     * Returns the accessed {@code ChronicleMap}. Synonym to {@link #map()}.
     */
    @Override
    ChronicleHash<K, ?, ?, ?> hash();

    /**
     * Returns the accessed {@code ChronicleMap}. Synonym to {@link #hash()}.
     */
    ChronicleMap<K, V> map();

    /**
     * Wraps the given value as a {@code Data}. Useful when you need to pass a value
     * to some method accepting {@code Data}, for example, {@link MapEntryOperations#replaceValue(
     * MapEntry, Data)}, without allocating new objects (i. e. garbage) and {@code ThreadLocals}.
     *
     * <p>The returned {@code Data} object shouldn't outlive this {@code MapContext}.
     *
     * @param value the value object to wrap
     * @return the value as {@code Data}
     */
    Data<V> wrapValueAsData(V value);
}