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 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0, which accompanies this distribution
 * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html.
 * 
 * Contributors:
 *     Oracle - initial API and implementation
 ******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jpt.jaxb.core.resource.java;

import org.eclipse.jpt.utility.internal.iterables.ListIterable;

/**
 * Java source code or binary attribute (field/method)
 * 
 * Provisional API: This interface is part of an interim API that is still
 * under development and expected to change significantly before reaching
 * stability. It is available at this early stage to solicit feedback from
 * pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API
 * will almost certainly be broken (repeatedly) as the API evolves.
 * 
 * @version 3.0
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface JavaResourceAttribute
	extends JavaResourceMember
{

	/**
	 * Return whether the attribute's type implements or extends the specified
	 * type.
	 */
	boolean typeIsSubTypeOf(String typeName);

	/**
	 * Return whether the attribute's type is a "variable" primitive type
	 * (i.e. any primitive type except 'void').
	 */
	boolean typeIsVariablePrimitive();

	/**
	 * @see java.lang.reflect.Modifier
	 */
	int getModifiers();
		String MODIFIERS_PROPERTY = "modifiers"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	/**
	 * Return the resolved, qualified name of the attribute's type
	 * (e.g. "java.util.Collection" or "byte[]").
	 * If the type is an array, this name will include the appropriate number
	 * of bracket pairs.
	 * This name will not include the type's generic type arguments
	 * (e.g. "java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>" will only return
	 * "java.util.Collection").
	 * @see #typeTypeArgumentNames()
	 */
	String getTypeName();
		String TYPE_NAME_PROPERTY = "typeName"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	/**
	 * Return whether the attribute type is an interface.
	 */
	boolean typeIsInterface();
		String TYPE_IS_INTERFACE_PROPERTY = "typeIsInterface"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	/**
	 * Return whether the attribute type is an enum.
	 */
	boolean typeIsEnum();
		String TYPE_IS_ENUM_PROPERTY = "typeIsEnum"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	/**
	 * Return the names of the attribute type's superclasses.
	 */
	ListIterable<String> getTypeSuperclassNames();
		String TYPE_SUPERCLASS_NAMES_LIST = "typeSuperclassNames"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	/**
	 * Return the names of the attribute type's interfaces.
	 */
	Iterable<String> getTypeInterfaceNames();
		String TYPE_INTERFACE_NAMES_COLLECTION = "typeInterfaceNames"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	/**
	 * Return the names of the attribute type's type arguments.
	 * The name for any argument that is an array will contain the appropriate
	 * number of bracket pairs.
	 * The names will not include any further generic type arguments.
	 */
	ListIterable<String> getTypeTypeArgumentNames();
		String TYPE_TYPE_ARGUMENT_NAMES_LIST = "typeTypeArgumentNames"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	int getTypeTypeArgumentNamesSize();

	String getTypeTypeArgumentName(int index);

}