| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2006 Oracle Corporation. |
| * All rights reserved. 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: |
| * Gerry Kessler/Oracle - initial API and implementation |
| * |
| ********************************************************************************/ |
| |
| package org.eclipse.jst.jsf.metadataprocessors; |
| |
| import java.util.List; |
| |
| /** |
| * Interface describing the runtime type of a metadata enabled annotation. |
| * The type descriptor will load the feature adapters for a certain kind of |
| * feature that it supports. The type descriptor is registered by an extension point. |
| * <p><b>Provisional API - subject to change</b></p> |
| * @see IMetaDataEnabledFeature |
| * @see AbstractRootTypeDescriptor |
| * @see org.eclipse.jst.jsf.metadataprocessors.internal.AbstractMetaDataEnabledTypeFactory |
| * @see IType |
| * |
| * @author Gerry Kessler - Oracle |
| * |
| */ |
| public interface ITypeDescriptor { |
| /** |
| * @param type |
| * The IType must be set after the ITypeDescriptor is constructed |
| */ |
| public void setTypeExtension(IType type); |
| /** |
| * @return IType |
| * Must not be null |
| */ |
| public IType getTypeExtension(); |
| |
| /** |
| * @param processingFeature interface class |
| * @return List of <code>IMetaDataEnabledFeature</code>s that support the |
| * specified processingFeature interface. |
| */ |
| public List<IMetaDataEnabledFeature> getFeatureAdapters(Class processingFeature); |
| |
| } |