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package io.nosqlbench.cqlgen.bindspecs;

import io.nosqlbench.nb.api.labels.NBLabeledElement;

public interface BindingSpec {

    /**
     * Is this binding intended to be for a limited population?
     * If so, the value will be the maximum cardinality of values which the binding
     * is allowed to produce.
     * @return The effective cardinality, which could be {@link Double#POSITIVE_INFINITY}
     */
    default double getCardinality() {
        return Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
    }

    /**
     * The fully qualified name of the entity for which the binding values pertain.
     * This is
     * @return
     */
    NBLabeledElement getTarget();

    String getTypedef();
}
