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package org.apache.logging.log4j.plugins.di;

/**
 * Immutable chain of {@linkplain Key dependency keys} assembled while constructing dependency-injected
 * instances.
 */
public interface DependencyChain extends Iterable<Key<?>> {
    /**
     * Indicates if the given key is contained in this dependency chain.
     */
    boolean hasDependency(final Key<?> key);

    /**
     * Returns a new dependency chain containing the provided key as an additional dependency.
     * If the given key already exists, then it will not be added to the chain.
     */
    DependencyChain withDependency(final Key<?> key);

    /**
     * Indicates whether this dependency chain is empty.
     */
    boolean isEmpty();

    /**
     * Returns an empty dependency chain.
     */
    static DependencyChain empty() {
        return DependencyChains.EMPTY;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a dependency chain containing a single key.
     */
    static DependencyChain of(final Key<?> key) {
        return DependencyChains.singleton(key);
    }
}
