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package org.drools.core.facttemplates;
import org.drools.core.definitions.InternalKnowledgePackage;
import java.io.Externalizable;
public interface FactTemplate
extends
Externalizable {
InternalKnowledgePackage getPackage();
/**
* The name of the template may be the fully qualified
* class name, or an alias.
* @return
*/
String getName();
/**
* templates may have 1 or more slots. A slot is a named
* pattern with a specific type of value.
* @return
*/
int getNumberOfFields();
/**
* Return an array of all the slots.
* @return
*/
FieldTemplate[] getAllFieldTemplates();
/**
* Return the slot with the String name
* @return
*/
FieldTemplate getFieldTemplate(String name);
/**
* Get the Slot at the given pattern id
* @param index
* @return
*/
FieldTemplate getFieldTemplate(int index);
/**
* Get the pattern index with the given name
* @param name
* @return
*/
int getFieldTemplateIndex(String name);
Fact createFact(long id);
}