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package com.intellij.util.xml;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
/**
* This interface may be interpreted as a reference, whose text is {@link #getStringValue()}, and resolving to
* the result of {@link #getValue()} method.
*
* @author peter
*/
public interface GenericValue<T> {
/**
* @return the string representation of the value. Even if {@link #getValue()} returns null, this method
* can return something more descriptive.
*/
@TagValue
@Nullable
String getStringValue();
/**
* @return resolved value (may take time). It's strongly recommended that even if T is {@link String}, one uses
* {@link #getStringValue()} method instead.
*/
@Nullable
T getValue();
}