utils/yangutils/src/main/java/org/onosproject/yangutils/datamodel/CollisionDetector.java

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package org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel;

import org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.exceptions.DataModelException;
import org.onosproject.yangutils.utils.YangConstructType;

/**
 * Abstraction of YANG collision function. Abstracted to unify the collision
 * detection functionality.
 */
public interface CollisionDetector {
    /**
     * Checks for the colliding child.
     *
     * @param identifierName name of identifier for which collision to be
     *            checked
     * @param dataType type of the YANG construct for which collision to be
     *            checked
     * @throws DataModelException if there is any collision in YANG rules in
     *             parsed data, corresponding exception should be thrown
     */
    void detectCollidingChild(String identifierName, YangConstructType dataType) throws DataModelException;

    /**
     * Check for the self collision.
     *
     * @param identifierName name of identifier for which collision to be
     *            checked
     * @param dataType type of the YANG construct for which collision to be
     *            checked
     * @throws DataModelException if there is any collision in YANG rules in
     *             parsed data, corresponding exception should be thrown
     */
    void detectSelfCollision(String identifierName, YangConstructType dataType) throws DataModelException;
}