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  package au.csiro.pathling.fhirpath;
  
  import au.csiro.pathling.fhirpath.collection.Collection;
  import au.csiro.pathling.fhirpath.collection.StringCollection;
  import jakarta.annotation.Nonnull;
  
  /**
   * Marks a path that can be coerced to a meaningful String representation.
   *
   * @author John Grimes
   * @see <a href="https://hl7.org/fhirpath/N1/#tostring-string">toString</a>
   */
  public interface StringCoercible {
  
    /**
     * @return a new {@link Collection} representing the String representation of this path
     */
    @Nonnull
    StringCollection asStringPath();
  
  }
  