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17  package org.apache.commons.lang3.exception;
18  
19  import java.util.List;
20  import java.util.Set;
21  
22  import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
23  
24  /**
25   * Allows the storage and retrieval of contextual information based on label-value
26   * pairs for exceptions.
27   * <p>
28   * Implementations are expected to manage the pairs in a list-style collection
29   * that keeps the pairs in the sequence of their addition.
30   * </p>
31   *
32   * @see ContextedException
33   * @see ContextedRuntimeException
34   * @since 3.0
35   */
36  public interface ExceptionContext {
37  
38      /**
39       * Adds a contextual label-value pair into this context.
40       * <p>
41       * The pair will be added to the context, independently of an already
42       * existing pair with the same label.
43       * </p>
44       *
45       * @param label  the label of the item to add, {@code null} not recommended
46       * @param value  the value of item to add, may be {@code null}
47       * @return {@code this}, for method chaining, not {@code null}
48       */
49      ExceptionContext addContextValue(String label, Object value);
50  
51      /**
52       * Retrieves the full list of label-value pairs defined in the contextual data.
53       *
54       * @return the list of pairs, not {@code null}
55       */
56      List<Pair<String, Object>> getContextEntries();
57  
58      /**
59       * Retrieves the full set of labels defined in the contextual data.
60       *
61       * @return the set of labels, not {@code null}
62       */
63      Set<String> getContextLabels();
64  
65      /**
66       * Retrieves all the contextual data values associated with the label.
67       *
68       * @param label  the label to get the contextual values for, may be {@code null}
69       * @return the contextual values associated with the label, never {@code null}
70       */
71      List<Object> getContextValues(String label);
72  
73      /**
74       * Retrieves the first available contextual data value associated with the label.
75       *
76       * @param label  the label to get the contextual value for, may be {@code null}
77       * @return the first contextual value associated with the label, may be {@code null}
78       */
79      Object getFirstContextValue(String label);
80  
81      /**
82       * Gets the contextualized error message based on a base message.
83       * This will add the context label-value pairs to the message.
84       *
85       * @param baseMessage  the base exception message <b>without</b> context information appended
86       * @return the exception message <b>with</b> context information appended, not {@code null}
87       */
88      String getFormattedExceptionMessage(String baseMessage);
89  
90      /**
91       * Sets a contextual label-value pair into this context.
92       * <p>
93       * The pair will be added normally, but any existing label-value pair with
94       * the same label is removed from the context.
95       * </p>
96       *
97       * @param label  the label of the item to add, {@code null} not recommended
98       * @param value  the value of item to add, may be {@code null}
99       * @return {@code this}, for method chaining, not {@code null}
100      */
101     ExceptionContext setContextValue(String label, Object value);
102 
103 }