org.eclipse.xwt/src/org/eclipse/xwt/metadata/IMetaclass.java

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 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
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 * Contributors:
 *     Soyatec - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.xwt.metadata;

import org.eclipse.xwt.IEventGroup;

/**
 * UI metaclass
 * 
 * @author yyang
 */
public interface IMetaclass {
	public String getName();

	public IProperty[] getProperties();

	public IMetaclass getSuperClass();

	public IEvent[] getEvents();

	public IProperty findProperty(String name);

	public void removeProperty(String name);

	public IProperty findDefaultProperty();

	public IEvent findEvent(String name);

	public Object newInstance(Object[] parameters);

	public boolean isAbstract();

	public boolean isInstance(Object object);

	public boolean isSubclassOf(IMetaclass metaclass);

	public boolean isSuperclassOf(IMetaclass metaclass);

	public boolean isAssignableFrom(IMetaclass metaclass);

	public Class<?> getType();

	public IProperty addProperty(IProperty property);

	public Class<?> getDataContextType();
	
	public void addEventGroup(IEventGroup eventGroup);
	
	public IEventGroup getEventGroup(String event);
	
	public void addInitializer(IObjectInitializer initializer);
	
	public void removeInitializer(IObjectInitializer initializer);
	
	public IObjectInitializer[] getInitializers();
	
	public void initialize(Object instance);	
}