/*
* Copyright (c) 2017 wetransform GmbH
*
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made
* available under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
* published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
* or (at your option) any later version.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with this distribution. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*
* Contributors:
* wetransform GmbH <http://www.wetransform.to>
*/
package eu.esdihumboldt.hale.common.schema.model.constraint.factory;
import java.util.Optional;
import eu.esdihumboldt.hale.common.core.io.Value;
import eu.esdihumboldt.hale.common.schema.model.TypeDefinition;
/**
* Interface for resolving types through a reference.
*
* @author Simon Templer
*/
@FunctionalInterface
public interface TypeResolver {
/**
* Resolve the given reference to a type definition.
*
* @param reference the reference
* @return the resolved type if found
*/
Optional<TypeDefinition> resolve(Value reference);
}