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package org.bson.codecs;

import org.bson.UuidRepresentation;

A marker interface for Codec implementations that can derive a new instance that overrides the UuidRepresentation. 
Type parameters:
<T> – the value type
Since:
3.12/**
 * A marker interface for {@code Codec} implementations that can derive a new instance that overrides the {@code UuidRepresentation}.
 * @param <T> the value type
 * @since 3.12
 */
public interface OverridableUuidRepresentationCodec<T> {
    
Implementations must return a new instance with the UuidRepresentation overridden with the given value. 
Params:
uuidRepresentation – the UuidRepresentation
Returns:
a new instance equivalent to this but with the given UuidRepresentation/**
     * Implementations must return a new instance with the {@code UuidRepresentation} overridden with the given value.
     *
     * @param uuidRepresentation the UuidRepresentation
     * @return a new instance equivalent to this but with the given UuidRepresentation
     */
    Codec<T> withUuidRepresentation(UuidRepresentation uuidRepresentation);
}