ImportContext.java

/*
 * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
 *
 * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
 * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
 */
package org.hibernate.jpamodelgen.model;

/**
 * @author Max Andersen
 * @author Hardy Ferentschik
 * @author Emmanuel Bernard
 */
public interface ImportContext {

	/**
	 * Add fqcn to the import list. Returns fqcn as needed in source code.
	 * Attempts to handle fqcn with array and generics references.
	 * <p/>
	 * e.g.
	 * java.util.Collection<org.marvel.Hulk> imports java.util.Collection and returns Collection
	 * org.marvel.Hulk[] imports org.marvel.Hulk and returns Hulk
	 *
	 * @param fqcn Fully qualified class name of the type to import.
	 *
	 * @return import string
	 */
	String importType(String fqcn);

	String staticImport(String fqcn, String member);

	String generateImports();
}