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package org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.core.jpql.spi;

import org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.spi.IType;

/**
 * An internal interface used by all 3 implementations of {@link IType}.
 *
 * 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.
 *
 * @see JavaType
 * @see JpaType
 * @see SimpleType
 *
 * @version 3.1
 * @since 3.0
 * @author Pascal Filion
 */
public interface IJpaType extends IType {

	/**
	 * Manually sets the declaration of this {@link IType}, which gives the information about type
	 * parameters, dimensionality, etc.
	 *
	 * @param typeDeclaration The external form of the type declaration
	 */
	void setTypeDeclaration(JpaTypeDeclaration typeDeclaration);
}