Type.java

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 * Copyright 2011-2017 Asakusa Framework Team.
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package com.asakusafw.dmdl.semantics;

/**
 * Property types.
 */
public interface Type extends Element {

    /**
     * Returns the mapped result type.
     * @param mapping the mapping function
     * @return the mapped type, or {@code null} if mapping is not defined
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if some parameters were {@code null}
     */
    Type map(PropertyMappingKind mapping);

    /**
     * Compare to other type, and returns {@code true} iff both type are same.
     * @param other the type compared to
     * @return {@code true} iff this and the other type are same
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if some parameters were {@code null}
     */
    boolean isSame(Type other);
}