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package org.jetbrains.mps.openapi.language;
import jetbrains.mps.util.annotation.ToRemove;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
import org.jetbrains.mps.openapi.model.SNode;
/**
* Represents a concept property
*/
public interface SProperty extends SConceptFeature {
/**
* Returns a name of this property
* Though in 3.2 the name is still used as id in some cases, it should be treated only as a user-friendly text representation.
* Although this method is identical to {@link SConceptFeature#getName()}, it is left here until we find a way to migrate references to
* this method in MPS models from <code>SProperty.getName</code> to <code>SConceptFeature.getName</code>
*/
@Override
@NotNull
String getName();
//left for compatibility with "interpreting" code
//use SProperty in code instead
@Nullable
@Deprecated
@ToRemove(version = 3.4)
SNode getDeclarationNode();
/**
* @return {@link SDataType} of the given SProperty
*/
// @NotNull
SDataType getType();
/**
* Will be used to check validity of potential values.
*/
boolean isValid(String value);
}