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*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* Contributors:
* Bogdan Stefanescu
* Florent Guillaume
*/
package org.nuxeo.ecm.core.schema;
import org.nuxeo.ecm.core.schema.types.CompositeType;
import org.nuxeo.ecm.core.schema.types.Schema;
import org.nuxeo.ecm.core.schema.types.Type;
/**
* A provider of types (property types, schemas, document types, facets).
*/
public interface TypeProvider {
/** Low level generic type lookup. */
Type getType(String schema, String name);
/** Gets a property type. */
Type getType(String name);
/** Gets the list of property types. */
Type[] getTypes();
/** Gets a schema. */
Schema getSchema(String schema);
/** Gets the list of schemas. */
Schema[] getSchemas();
/** Gets a document type. */
DocumentType getDocumentType(String docType);
/** Gets the list of document types. */
DocumentType[] getDocumentTypes();
/** Gets a facet. */
CompositeType getFacet(String name);
/** Gets the list of facets. */
CompositeType[] getFacets();
}