/*
* Copyright 2013, Arondor
*
* 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
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* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/
package com.arondor.common.reflection.model.config;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* An Element configuration can represent any of the Primitive types, Objects,
* List, Map, Reference, ..
*
* @author Francois Barre
*
*/
public interface ElementConfiguration extends Serializable
{
public enum ElementConfigurationType
{
/**
* The Primitive is for java.lang.* and int, long, double, ...
*/
Primitive,
/**
* Any kind of non-primitive object
*/
Object,
/**
* Reference to a shared object (singleton)
*/
Reference,
/**
* List of Primitive, Object, ...
*/
List,
/**
* Associative Map
*/
Map
}
ElementConfigurationType getFieldConfigurationType();
}