UType.java

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package com.google.errorprone.refaster;

import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Type;
import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Types;

import javax.annotation.Nullable;

/**
 * A serializable representation of a type template, used for enforcing type constraints on target
 * ASTs.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
public abstract class UType extends Types.SimpleVisitor<Unifier, Unifier> 
    implements Unifiable<Type>, Inlineable<Type> {

  @Override
  @Nullable
  public Unifier visitType(Type t, @Nullable Unifier unifier) {
    return null;
  }

  @Override
  @Nullable
  public final Unifier unify(Type target, @Nullable Unifier unifier) {
    return (unifier != null && target != null) ? target.accept(this, unifier) : null;
  }
}