/**
* 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 value.
* @see Descriptions
*/
public interface ValueDescription extends Description {
/**
* Returns the value kind.
* @return the value kind
*/
ValueKind getValueKind();
/**
* Returns the value type.
* @return the value type
*/
TypeDescription getValueType();
/**
* Represents a kind of {@link ValueDescription}.
*/
enum ValueKind {
/**
* immediate values.
* @see ImmediateDescription
*/
IMMEDIATE,
/**
* {@code enum} constants.
* @see EnumConstantDescription
*/
ENUM_CONSTANT,
/**
* types.
* @see ReifiableTypeDescription
*/
TYPE,
/**
* annotations.
* @see AnnotationDescription
*/
ANNOTATION,
/**
* array of other values.
* @see ArrayDescription
*/
ARRAY,
/**
* instantiated objects.
*
*/
OBJECT,
/**
* unknown values.
* @see UnknownValueDescription
*/
UNKNOWN,
}
}