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package org.apache.causeway.applib.value.semantics;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.time.ZoneId;
import java.time.ZoneOffset;
import java.time.temporal.Temporal;
import java.util.Optional;

import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

import org.apache.causeway.commons.functional.Either;

/**
 * Decomposes arbitrary time representing values of type T into a canonical representation.
 */
public interface TemporalSupport<T> extends TemporalCharacteristicsProvider {

    public record TemporalDecomposition(
            Temporal localTemporal,
            Optional<Either<ZoneId, ZoneOffset>> zoneOrOffset,
            TemporalCharacteristic temporalCharacteristic,
            OffsetCharacteristic offsetCharacteristic
            ) implements Serializable {
    }

    /**
     * Decomposes any temporal value into 2 parts, a 'local' {@link Temporal} and a {@link ZoneId}.
     */
    Optional<TemporalDecomposition> decomposeTemporal(final @Nullable T temporal);

}
