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package org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.jam.internal.classrefs;

import org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.jam.JClass;

/**
 * Object which holds a reference to a JClass.  Using this interface
 * (as opposed to referring to the JClass directly) allows us to do lazy
 * type resolution.
 *
 * Note that ClassImpl implements this interface directly (as a reference
 * to itself) as an optimization for the case where we don't need or want
 * lazy type resolution.
 *
 * @author Patrick Calahan <email: pcal-at-bea-dot-com>
 */
public interface JClassRef {

  public JClass getRefClass();

  public String getQualifiedName();

}