/*
 * Minecraft Forge
 * Copyright (c) 2016-2019.
 *
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 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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 */

package net.minecraftforge.client.model.data;

import javax.annotation.Nullable;

public interface IModelData
{
    /**
     * Check if this data has a property, even if the value is {@code null}. Can be
     * used by code that intends to fill in data for a render pipeline, such as the
     * forge animation system.
     * <p>
     * IMPORTANT: {@link #getData(ModelProperty)} <em>can</em> return {@code null}
     * even if this method returns {@code true}.
     * 
     * @param prop The property to check for inclusion in this model data
     * @return {@code true} if this data has the given property, even if no value is present
     */
    boolean hasProperty(ModelProperty<?> prop);

    @Nullable
    <T> T getData(ModelProperty<T> prop);
    
    @Nullable
    <T> T setData(ModelProperty<T> prop, T data);
}