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package com.facebook.swift.codec.metadata;

import com.facebook.swift.codec.ThriftProtocolType;

import java.lang.reflect.Type;

/**
 * An interface to either a resolved {@link ThriftType} or the information to compute one.
 *
 * Used when computing struct/union metadata, as a placeholder for field types that might
 * not be directly resolvable yet (in cases of recursive types).
 */
public interface ThriftTypeReference
{
    Type getJavaType();

    ThriftProtocolType getProtocolType();

    boolean isRecursive();

    ThriftType get();
}