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1: /**
2: * Copyright (C) 2020 Czech Technical University in Prague
3: *
4: * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
5: * the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
6: * Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
7: * later version.
8: *
9: * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
10: * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
11: * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
12: * details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
13: * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
14: */
15: package cz.cvut.kbss.jopa.model.metamodel;
16:
17: /**
18: * Instances of the type Bindable represent object or attribute types that can
19: * be bound into a Path.
20: *
21: * @param <T>
22: * The type of the represented object or attribute
23: */
24: public interface Bindable<T> {
25: enum BindableType {
26: SINGULAR_ATTRIBUTE, PLURAL_ATTRIBUTE, ENTITY_TYPE
27: }
28:
29: /**
30: * Return the bindable type of the represented object.
31: *
32: * @return bindable type
33: */
34: BindableType getBindableType();
35:
36: /**
37: * Return the Java type of the represented object. If the bindable type of
38: * the object is {@link BindableType#PLURAL_ATTRIBUTE}, the Java element type is returned. If the
39: * bindable type is {@link BindableType#SINGULAR_ATTRIBUTE} or {@link BindableType#ENTITY_TYPE}, the Java type of the
40: * represented entity or attribute is returned.
41: *
42: * @return Java type
43: */
44: Class<T> getBindableJavaType();
45: }