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package com.redhat.thermostat.storage.core;

import com.redhat.thermostat.storage.query.Expression;

/**
 * Updates properties of a record in storage.
 * 
 * @see Add
 * @see Replace
 * @see Remove
 */
public interface Update {

    /**
     * Given a boolean expression, this method specifies a where condition for
     * this update operation. If an update is issued for which no entry can be
     * found (i.e. the where-clause yields no results), a
     * <code>StorageException</code> may get thrown.
     * 
     * @param expr
     *            A boolean expression.
     */
    void where(Expression expr);

    /**
     * Sets a field in a found record to the specified value. If the same key is
     * set more than once, the latest values overrides the former values.
     * 
     * @param key
     *            the key of the field
     * @param value
     *            the value to set
     */
    <T> void set(Key<T> key, T value);

    /**
     * Applies this update operation.
     */
    void apply();
}