| /* |
| * Copyright (c) 2006, 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
| * |
| * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the |
| * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0, |
| * or the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 which is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php. |
| * |
| * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause |
| */ |
| |
| // Contributors: |
| // Oracle - initial API and implementation |
| // |
| package org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.tools.spi; |
| |
| /** |
| * The external representation of a type declaration, which is used to give more information about |
| * the type, i.e. if it's an array and if it has parameter types. |
| * <p> |
| * 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. |
| * |
| * @version 2.3 |
| * @since 2.3 |
| * @author Pascal Filion |
| */ |
| public interface ITypeDeclaration extends IExternalForm { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the dimensionality of the type if ({@link #isArray()} is <code>true</code>) or |
| * 0 if the type is not an array. |
| * |
| * @return The array dimensionality if the {@link IType} is an array; otherwise 0 |
| */ |
| int getDimensionality(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the type defined for the Java member. |
| * |
| * @return The type defined for the Java member |
| */ |
| IType getType(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the {@link ITypeDeclaration ITypeDeclarations} that represent the variables declared |
| * by the generic declaration represented by this {@link ITypeDeclaration}. |
| * |
| * @return The array over the {@link ITypeDeclaration ITypeDeclarations} |
| */ |
| ITypeDeclaration[] getTypeParameters(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Determines whether this type represents an array or not. |
| * |
| * @return <code>true</code> if this type is an array; <code>false</code> otherwise |
| */ |
| boolean isArray(); |
| } |