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package org.apache.plc4x.java.opm;

/**
 * This interface can be used to give "aliases" for field names in {@link PlcEntity}s {@link PlcField} strings.
 * These are then resolved.
 */
public interface AliasRegistry {

    /**
     * Checks if this registry can resolve this alias
     */
    boolean canResolve(String alias);

    /**
     * Checks if this registry can resolve this alias for the given connection.
     */
    boolean canResolve(String connection, String alias);

    /**
     * Resolves an alias to a valid PLC Field Address
     */
    String resolve(String alias);

    /**
     * Resolves an alias to a valid PLC Field based on the connection.
     * This means that the same alias could be resolved to different Addresses for different connections.
     */
    String resolve(String connection, String alias);

}
