interfaces.go

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package runtime

// ObjectScheme represents common conversions between formal external API versions
// and the internal Go structs. ObjectScheme is typically used with ObjectCodec to
// transform internal Go structs into serialized versions. There may be many valid
// ObjectCodecs for each ObjectScheme.
type ObjectScheme interface {
	ObjectConvertor
	ObjectTyper
	ObjectCreater
	ObjectCopier
}

// ObjectCodec represents the common mechanisms for converting to and from a particular
// binary representation of an object.
type ObjectCodec interface {
	ObjectEncoder
	Decoder
}

// Decoder defines methods for deserializing API objects into a given type
type Decoder interface {
	Decode(data []byte) (Object, error)
	DecodeInto(data []byte, obj Object) error
}

// Encoder defines methods for serializing API objects into bytes
type Encoder interface {
	Encode(obj Object) (data []byte, err error)
}

// Codec defines methods for serializing and deserializing API objects.
type Codec interface {
	Decoder
	Encoder
}

// ObjectCopier duplicates an object.
type ObjectCopier interface {
	// Copy returns an exact copy of the provided Object, or an error if the
	// copy could not be completed.
	Copy(Object) (Object, error)
}

// ObjectEncoder turns an object into a byte array. This interface is a
// general form of the Encoder interface
type ObjectEncoder interface {
	// EncodeToVersion convert and serializes an object in the internal format
	// to a specified output version. An error is returned if the object
	// cannot be converted for any reason.
	EncodeToVersion(obj Object, outVersion string) ([]byte, error)
}

// ObjectConvertor converts an object to a different version.
type ObjectConvertor interface {
	Convert(in, out interface{}) error
	ConvertToVersion(in Object, outVersion string) (out Object, err error)
	ConvertFieldLabel(version, kind, label, value string) (string, string, error)
}

// ObjectTyper contains methods for extracting the APIVersion and Kind
// of objects.
type ObjectTyper interface {
	// DataVersionAndKind returns the version and kind of the provided data, or an error
	// if another problem is detected. In many cases this method can be as expensive to
	// invoke as the Decode method.
	DataVersionAndKind([]byte) (version, kind string, err error)
	// ObjectVersionAndKind returns the version and kind of the provided object, or an
	// error if the object is not recognized (IsNotRegisteredError will return true).
	ObjectVersionAndKind(Object) (version, kind string, err error)
	// Recognizes returns true if the scheme is able to handle the provided version and kind,
	// or more precisely that the provided version is a possible conversion or decoding
	// target.
	Recognizes(version, kind string) bool
}

// ObjectCreater contains methods for instantiating an object by kind and version.
type ObjectCreater interface {
	New(version, kind string) (out Object, err error)
}

// ObjectDecoder is a convenience interface for identifying serialized versions of objects
// and transforming them into Objects. It intentionally overlaps with ObjectTyper and
// Decoder for use in decode only paths.
type ObjectDecoder interface {
	Decoder
	// DataVersionAndKind returns the version and kind of the provided data, or an error
	// if another problem is detected. In many cases this method can be as expensive to
	// invoke as the Decode method.
	DataVersionAndKind([]byte) (version, kind string, err error)
	// Recognizes returns true if the scheme is able to handle the provided version and kind
	// of an object.
	Recognizes(version, kind string) bool
}

// ResourceVersioner provides methods for setting and retrieving
// the resource version from an API object.
type ResourceVersioner interface {
	SetResourceVersion(obj Object, version string) error
	ResourceVersion(obj Object) (string, error)
}

// SelfLinker provides methods for setting and retrieving the SelfLink field of an API object.
type SelfLinker interface {
	SetSelfLink(obj Object, selfLink string) error
	SelfLink(obj Object) (string, error)

	// Knowing Name is sometimes necessary to use a SelfLinker.
	Name(obj Object) (string, error)
	// Knowing Namespace is sometimes necessary to use a SelfLinker
	Namespace(obj Object) (string, error)
}

// All api types must support the Object interface. It's deliberately tiny so that this is not an onerous
// burden. Implement it with a pointer reciever; this will allow us to use the go compiler to check the
// one thing about our objects that it's capable of checking for us.
type Object interface {
	// This function is used only to enforce membership. It's never called.
	// TODO: Consider mass rename in the future to make it do something useful.
	IsAnAPIObject()
}