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package google.registry.model.domain;

import com.googlecode.objectify.Key;
import com.googlecode.objectify.annotation.Embed;
import com.googlecode.objectify.annotation.Index;
import google.registry.model.EppResource;
import google.registry.model.ImmutableObject;

/**
 * Legacy shell of a "union" type to represent referenced objects as either a foreign key or as a
 * link to another object in the datastore. In its current form it merely wraps a {@link Key}.
 *
 * @param <T> the type being referenced
 */
@Embed
public class ReferenceUnion<T extends EppResource> extends ImmutableObject {

  @Index
  Key<T> linked;

  public Key<T> getLinked() {
    return linked;
  }

  public static <T extends EppResource> ReferenceUnion<T> create(Key<T> linked) {
    ReferenceUnion<T> instance = new ReferenceUnion<>();
    instance.linked = linked;
    return instance;
  }
}