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package com.github.ykrasik.jaci.param;
/**
* A {@link ParamDef} is just a definition for a set of properties about a parameter, without an actual implementation.
* This class is used to translate a {@link ParamDef} to its concrete implementation of type {@code E}.
* It is assumed that all parameters of an implementations have a common super-type: {@code E}.
*
* @param Concrete paramDef implementation super-type.
*
* @author Yevgeny Krasik
*/
public interface ParamDefResolver {
/**
* Translate a {@link StringParamDef} to a concrete implementation of a string parameter.
*
* @param def ParamDef to translate.
* @return An implementation-specific string parameter.
*/
E stringParam(StringParamDef def);
/**
* Translate a {@link BooleanParamDef} to a concrete implementation of a boolean parameter.
*
* @param def ParamDef to translate.
* @return An implementation-specific boolean parameter.
*/
E booleanParam(BooleanParamDef def);
/**
* Translate an {@link IntParamDef} to a concrete implementation of an integer parameter.
*
* @param def ParamDef to translate.
* @return An implementation-specific integer parameter.
*/
E intParam(IntParamDef def);
/**
* Translate an {@link DoubleParamDef} to a concrete implementation of a double parameter.
*
* @param def ParamDef to translate.
* @return An implementation-specific double parameter.
*/
E doubleParam(DoubleParamDef def);
}