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* Copyright 2011 Google Inc.
*
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*
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package com.google.gwt.core.ext;
/**
* An interface to represent the cached results from a previous generator
* invocation. This is made available in the {@link GeneratorContext} to
* subsequent invocations of the same generator, when called under the same
* conditions (e.g. for the same rebind rule and requested type name).
*
* @see GeneratorContext#getCachedGeneratorResult
*/
public interface CachedGeneratorResult {
/**
* Retrieves cached client data by key.
*/
Object getClientData(String key);
/**
* Returns the cached result rebind type name.
*/
String getResultTypeName();
/**
* Returns the time this generator result was created.
*/
long getTimeGenerated();
/**
* Check whether a given type is present in the cached result.
*/
boolean isTypeCached(String typeName);
}