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package org.springframework.validation;

import java.beans.PropertyEditor;
import java.util.Map;

import org.springframework.beans.PropertyEditorRegistry;
import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;

/**
 * General interface that represents binding results. Extends the
 * {@link Errors interface} for error registration capabilities,
 * allowing for a {@link Validator} to be applied, and adds
 * binding-specific analysis and model building.
 *
 * <p>Serves as result holder for a {@link DataBinder}, obtained via
 * the {@link DataBinder#getBindingResult()} method. BindingResult
 * implementations can also be used directly, for example to invoke
 * a {@link Validator} on it (e.g. as part of a unit test).
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 2.0
 * @see DataBinder
 * @see Errors
 * @see Validator
 * @see BeanPropertyBindingResult
 * @see DirectFieldBindingResult
 * @see MapBindingResult
 */
public interface BindingResult extends Errors {

    /**
     * Prefix for the name of the BindingResult instance in a model,
     * followed by the object name.
     */
    String MODEL_KEY_PREFIX = BindingResult.class.getName() + ".";

    /**
     * Return the wrapped target object, which may be a bean, an object with
     * public fields, a Map - depending on the concrete binding strategy.
     */
    @Nullable
    Object getTarget();

    /**
     * Return a model Map for the obtained state, exposing a BindingResult
     * instance as '{@link #MODEL_KEY_PREFIX MODEL_KEY_PREFIX} + objectName'
     * and the object itself as 'objectName'.
     * <p>Note that the Map is constructed every time you're calling this method.
     * Adding things to the map and then re-calling this method will not work.
     * <p>The attributes in the model Map returned by this method are usually
     * included in the {@link org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView}
     * for a form view that uses Spring's {@code bind} tag in a JSP,
     * which needs access to the BindingResult instance. Spring's pre-built
     * form controllers will do this for you when rendering a form view.
     * When building the ModelAndView instance yourself, you need to include
     * the attributes from the model Map returned by this method.
     * @see #getObjectName()
     * @see #MODEL_KEY_PREFIX
     * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView
     * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.BindTag
     */
    Map<String, Object> getModel();

    /**
     * Extract the raw field value for the given field.
     * Typically used for comparison purposes.
     * @param field the field to check
     * @return the current value of the field in its raw form, or {@code null} if not known
     */
    @Nullable
    Object getRawFieldValue(String field);

    /**
     * Find a custom property editor for the given type and property.
     * @param field the path of the property (name or nested path), or
     * {@code null} if looking for an editor for all properties of the given type
     * @param valueType the type of the property (can be {@code null} if a property
     * is given but should be specified in any case for consistency checking)
     * @return the registered editor, or {@code null} if none
     */
    @Nullable
    PropertyEditor findEditor(@Nullable String field, @Nullable Class<?> valueType);

    /**
     * Return the underlying PropertyEditorRegistry.
     * @return the PropertyEditorRegistry, or {@code null} if none
     * available for this BindingResult
     */
    @Nullable
    PropertyEditorRegistry getPropertyEditorRegistry();

    /**
     * Resolve the given error code into message codes.
     * <p>Calls the configured {@link MessageCodesResolver} with appropriate parameters.
     * @param errorCode the error code to resolve into message codes
     * @return the resolved message codes
     */
    String[] resolveMessageCodes(String errorCode);

    /**
     * Resolve the given error code into message codes for the given field.
     * <p>Calls the configured {@link MessageCodesResolver} with appropriate parameters.
     * @param errorCode the error code to resolve into message codes
     * @param field the field to resolve message codes for
     * @return the resolved message codes
     */
    String[] resolveMessageCodes(String errorCode, String field);

    /**
     * Add a custom {@link ObjectError} or {@link FieldError} to the errors list.
     * <p>Intended to be used by cooperating strategies such as {@link BindingErrorProcessor}.
     * @see ObjectError
     * @see FieldError
     * @see BindingErrorProcessor
     */
    void addError(ObjectError error);

    /**
     * Record the given value for the specified field.
     * <p>To be used when a target object cannot be constructed, making
     * the original field values available through {@link #getFieldValue}.
     * In case of a registered error, the rejected value will be exposed
     * for each affected field.
     * @param field the field to record the value for
     * @param type the type of the field
     * @param value the original value
     * @since 5.0.4
     */
    default void recordFieldValue(String field, Class<?> type, @Nullable Object value) {
    }

    /**
     * Mark the specified disallowed field as suppressed.
     * <p>The data binder invokes this for each field value that was
     * detected to target a disallowed field.
     * @see DataBinder#setAllowedFields
     */
    default void recordSuppressedField(String field) {
    }

    /**
     * Return the list of fields that were suppressed during the bind process.
     * <p>Can be used to determine whether any field values were targeting
     * disallowed fields.
     * @see DataBinder#setAllowedFields
     */
    default String[] getSuppressedFields() {
        return new String[0];
    }

}