src/main/java/net/starlark/java/eval/StarlarkIndexable.java

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package net.starlark.java.eval;

/**
 * A Starlark value that support indexed access ({@code object[key]}) and membership tests ({@code
 * key in object}).
 */
public interface StarlarkIndexable extends StarlarkValue {

  /** Returns the value associated with the given key. */
  Object getIndex(StarlarkSemantics semantics, Object key) throws EvalException;

  /**
   * Returns whether the key is in the object. New types should try to follow the semantics of dict:
   * 'x in y' should return True when 'y[x]' is valid; otherwise, it should either be False or a
   * failure. Note however that the builtin types string, list, and tuple do not follow this
   * convention.
   */
  boolean containsKey(StarlarkSemantics semantics, Object key) throws EvalException;

  /**
   * A variant of {@link StarlarkIndexable} that also provides a StarlarkThread instance on method
   * calls.
   */
  // TODO(brandjon): Consider replacing this subinterface by changing StarlarkIndexable's methods'
  // signatures to take StarlarkThread in place of StarlarkSemantics.
  interface Threaded {
    /** {@see StarlarkIndexable.getIndex} */
    Object getIndex(StarlarkThread starlarkThread, StarlarkSemantics semantics, Object key)
        throws EvalException;

    /** {@see StarlarkIndexable.containsKey} */
    boolean containsKey(StarlarkThread starlarkThread, StarlarkSemantics semantics, Object key)
        throws EvalException;
  }
}