ITransformedType.java

/*
Copyright (C) 2008-2009 by Claas Wilke (claaswilke@gmx.net)

This file is part of the OCL 2 Java Code Generator of Dresden OCL2 for Eclipse.

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 */
package org.dresdenocl.tools.codegen.code;

/**
 * <p>
 * Represents a Type of the target language transformed during code
 * transformation.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author Claas Wilke
 */
public interface ITransformedType {

	/**
	 * @return The transformed type represented as a {@link String}.
	 */
	public String getTypeName();

	/**
	 * @param aType
	 *          The Type which was generated.
	 */
	public void setTypeName(String aType);

	/**
	 * @return True if the Type is a {@link CollectionType}.
	 */
	public boolean isGenericType();

	/**
	 * @returns The Generic Type of this {@link ITransformedType} if any exists.
	 */
	public ITransformedType getGenericType();

	/**
	 * <p>
	 * Sets the generic Type of this {@link ITransformedType}.
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @param aType
	 *          The generic type this {@link ITransformedType}.
	 */
	public void setGenericType(ITransformedType aType);

}