Package: Bindable

Bindable

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1: /**
2: * Copyright (C) 2016 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:         public static 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 PLURAL_ATTRIBUTE, the Java element type is returned. If the
39:          * bindable type is SINGULAR_ATTRIBUTE or 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: }