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 * Contributors:
 *     Nuxeo - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.ecr.core.schema.types;

import org.eclipse.ecr.core.schema.SchemaNames;
import org.eclipse.ecr.core.schema.TypeRef;

/**
 * @author <a href="mailto:bs@nuxeo.com">Bogdan Stefanescu</a>
 *
 */
public abstract class PrimitiveType extends AbstractType implements SimpleType {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = -2698475002119528248L;

    protected PrimitiveType(String name) {
        super(null, SchemaNames.BUILTIN, name);
    }

    @Override
    public abstract boolean validate(Object object);

    @Override
    public Type getSuperType() {
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public Type[] getTypeHierarchy() {
        return EMPTY_SUPERTYPES;
    }

    // FIXME: IType doesn't have an isPrimitive method.
    @Override
    public boolean isPrimitive() {
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isSimpleType() {
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public SimpleType getPrimitiveType() {
        return this;
    }

    @Override
    public TypeRef<PrimitiveType> getRef() {
        return new TypeRef<PrimitiveType>(schema, name, this);
    }

}