JavaElement.java

/*
 * Copyright 2014 Lukas Krejci
 *
 * 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
 *
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package org.revapi.java.spi;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

import org.revapi.Element;

/**
 * Basic interface that all Revapi elements modelling the Java AST satisfy.
 * The methods on this interface are provided so that it is possible to write {@link
 * org.revapi.DifferenceTransform
 * problem transforms} without needing to somehow initialize the environment the java element is present in.
 *
 * @author Lukas Krejci
 * @since 0.1
 */
public interface JavaElement extends Element {
    @Nonnull
    TypeEnvironment getTypeEnvironment();
}