Derivative term of contract maturity ending year.

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Derivative term of contract maturity starting year.

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Interest rate swaps hedge ineffectiveness.

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Number of swaps outstanding.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1B
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The number of derivative instruments of a particular group held by the entity.

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Period the derivative contract is outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Derivative Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended
	Apr. 04, 2021 USD ($) Swap	Jan. 03, 2021 USD ($) Swap	Dec. 31, 2017 Hedge
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, cash flow swaps length period	1 year
Cash flow swaps mature annually, starting year	2021
Cash flow swaps mature annually, ending year	2022
Cash Flow Hedges [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Interest rate swaps hedge ineffectiveness	0.00%
Swaps [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount of outstanding swaps \| $	$ 250,000,000.0	$ 250,000,000.0
Forward Contract [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, number of cash flow hedges \| Hedge			5
Number of outstanding swaps \| Swap	2	2