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014package org.microbean.assign;
015
016import java.util.Objects;
017
018/**
019 * An assignment of a value to an {@link AttributedElement}.
020 *
021 * @param <R> the value type
022 *
023 * @param assignee the {@link AttributedElement}; must not be {@code null}
024 *
025 * @param value the value; may be {@code null}
026 *
027 * @author <a href="https://about.me/lairdnelson" target="_top">Laird Nelson</a>
028 */
029// You're going to be tempted to replace the value component with a Supplier component. Don't do it. An assignment is a
030// value that belongs to, e.g., a field, so even if the value "came from" none/dependent/prototype scope, it was already
031// sourced and "belongs to" the field.
032public final record Assignment<R>(AttributedElement assignee, R value) {
033
034  /**
035   * Creates a new {@link Assignment}.
036   *
037   * @param assignee the {@link AttributedElement}; must not be {@code null}
038   *
039   * @param value the contextual reference; may be {@code null}
040   */
041  public Assignment {
042    Objects.requireNonNull(assignee, "assignee");
043  }
044
045}