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package org.cesecore.profiles;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Base interface for all Profile objects. 
 * 
 * @version $Id: Profile.java 26117 2017-07-03 13:56:15Z mikekushner $
 *
 */
public interface Profile extends Serializable{
    
    /**
     * Designator for the base type, in this case a Class which extends ProfileBase
     */
    final String PROFILE_TYPE = "profile.type";
    
    /**
     * 
     * @return the name of this particular profile type instance
     */
    String getProfileName();
    
    void setProfileName(String profileName);
    
    /** 
     * @return the database ID value of this profile. May be null if the profile has not yet been persisted. 
     */
    Integer getProfileId();
    
    void setProfileId(Integer profileId) ;
    
    /**
     * 
     * @return a string identifier for identifying this profile type in the database
     */
    String getProfileType();

    /**
     * 
     * @return the complete data map for this implementation, primarily used to persist it. 
     */
    LinkedHashMap<Object, Object> getDataMap();
    
    void setDataMap(LinkedHashMap<Object, Object> dataMap);
    
    /**
     * 
     * @return the implementing class
     */
    Class<? extends Profile> getType();
    
    /**
     * This method only needs to be called by the factory method (and some unit tests), because it sets a ton of boilerplate stuff which isn't 
     * required by already initialized profiles.
     */
    void initialize();
    
    /** Create a Map with the differences between the current object and the parameter object.
     * Puts the result in a new Map with keys:
     * <pre>
     * changed:key, changedvalue
     * remove:key, removedvalue
     * added:key, addedvalue
     * </pre>
     * 
     * @param newobj The "changed" object for which we want to get the changes compared to this object
     * @return Map object with difference as described above
     */
    Map<Object, Object> diff(Profile newobj);
    
    
    
}