YTypeUtil.java

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package org.springframework.ide.eclipse.editor.support.yaml.schema;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import org.springframework.ide.eclipse.editor.support.util.ValueParser;

/**
 * An implementation of YTypeUtil provides implementations of various
 * methods operating on YTypes and interpreting them in some context
 * (e.g. the meaning of YType objects may depend on types resolved
 * from the current project's classpath).
 *
 * @author Kris De Volder
 */
public interface YTypeUtil {
	boolean isAtomic(YType type);
	boolean isMap(YType type);
	boolean isSequencable(YType type);
	boolean isBean(YType type);
	YType getDomainType(YType type);
	YValueHint[] getHintValues(YType yType);
	String niceTypeName(YType type);
	YType getKeyType(YType type);
	ValueParser getValueParser(YType type);

	//TODO: only one of these two should be enough?
	List<YTypedProperty> getProperties(YType type);
	Map<String, YTypedProperty> getPropertiesMap(YType yType);
}