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package org.scijava;

/**

* An object with an associated type (i.e., {@link Class}), which can be queried

* at runtime.

*

* @author Curtis Rueden

*/

public interface Typed<T> {

/**

* Gets whether this object is compatible with the given data object.

* <p>

* By default, this method will return {@code true} iff the data is assignable

* to the associated type given by {@link #getType()}. But individual

* implementations may have other requirements beyond class assignability.

* </p>

*/

default boolean supports(final T data) {

// NB: Even though the compiler will often guarantee that only data

// of type T is provided here, we still need the runtime check

// for cases where the exact type is not known to compiler --

// e.g., if the object was manufactured by reflection.

return getType().isInstance(data);

}

/** Gets the type associated with the object. */

Class<T> getType();

}