File: Adapters\IObjectAdapter.cs
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// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.Operations;
 
namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.Adapters;
 
/// <summary>
/// Defines the operations that can be performed on a JSON patch document.
/// </summary>
public interface IObjectAdapter
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Using the "add" operation a new value is inserted into the root of the target
    /// document, into the target array at the specified valid index, or to a target object at
    /// the specified location.
    ///
    /// When adding to arrays, the specified index MUST NOT be greater than the number of elements in the array.
    /// To append the value to the array, the index of "-" character is used (see [RFC6901]).
    ///
    /// When adding to an object, if an object member does not already exist, a new member is added to the object at the
    /// specified location or if an object member does exist, that member's value is replaced.
    ///
    /// The operation object MUST contain a "value" member whose content
    /// specifies the value to be added.
    ///
    /// For example:
    ///
    /// { "op": "add", "path": "/a/b/c", "value": [ "foo", "bar" ] }
    ///
    /// See RFC 6902 <see href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6902#page-4"/>
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="operation">The add operation.</param>
    /// <param name="objectToApplyTo">Object to apply the operation to.</param>
    void Add(Operation operation, object objectToApplyTo);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Using the "copy" operation, a value is copied from a specified location to the
    ///  target location.
    ///
    ///  The operation object MUST contain a "from" member, which references the location in the
    ///  target document to copy the value from.
    ///
    ///  The "from" location MUST exist for the operation to be successful.
    ///
    ///  For example:
    ///
    ///  { "op": "copy", "from": "/a/b/c", "path": "/a/b/e" }
    ///
    /// See RFC 6902 <see href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6902#page-7"/>
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="operation">The copy operation.</param>
    /// <param name="objectToApplyTo">Object to apply the operation to.</param>
    void Copy(Operation operation, object objectToApplyTo);
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Using the "move" operation the value at a specified location is removed and
    /// added to the target location.
    ///
    /// The operation object MUST contain a "from" member, which references the location in the
    /// target document to move the value from.
    ///
    /// The "from" location MUST exist for the operation to be successful.
    ///
    /// For example:
    ///
    /// { "op": "move", "from": "/a/b/c", "path": "/a/b/d" }
    ///
    /// A location cannot be moved into one of its children.
    ///
    /// See RFC 6902 <see href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6902#page-6"/>
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="operation">The move operation.</param>
    /// <param name="objectToApplyTo">Object to apply the operation to.</param>
    void Move(Operation operation, object objectToApplyTo);
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Using the "remove" operation the value at the target location is removed.
    ///
    /// The target location MUST exist for the operation to be successful.
    ///
    /// For example:
    ///
    /// { "op": "remove", "path": "/a/b/c" }
    ///
    /// If removing an element from an array, any elements above the
    /// specified index are shifted one position to the left.
    ///
    /// See RFC 6902 <see href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6902#page-6"/>
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="operation">The remove operation.</param>
    /// <param name="objectToApplyTo">Object to apply the operation to.</param>
    void Remove(Operation operation, object objectToApplyTo);
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Using the "replace" operation the value at the target location is replaced
    /// with a new value.  The operation object MUST contain a "value" member
    /// which specifies the replacement value.
    ///
    /// The target location MUST exist for the operation to be successful.
    ///
    /// For example:
    ///
    /// { "op": "replace", "path": "/a/b/c", "value": 42 }
    ///
    /// See RFC 6902 <see href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6902#page-6"/>
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="operation">The replace operation.</param>
    /// <param name="objectToApplyTo">Object to apply the operation to.</param>
    void Replace(Operation operation, object objectToApplyTo);
}