/**
* Copyright 2011-2017 Asakusa Framework Team.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package com.asakusafw.operator.description;
/**
* Represents a type.
*/
public interface TypeDescription {
/**
* Returns the type kind.
* @return the type kind
*/
TypeKind getTypeKind();
/**
* Returns the erasure of this type.
* @return the erasure type
*/
ReifiableTypeDescription getErasure();
/**
* Represents a kind of {@link TypeDescription}.
*/
enum TypeKind {
/**
* basic types.
* @see BasicTypeDescription
*/
BASIC,
/**
* array type.
* @see ArrayTypeDescription
*/
ARRAY,
/**
* class or interface types.
* @see ClassDescription
*/
CLASS,
}
}