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Old JAXB Core module. Contains sources required by XJC, JXC and Runtime modules with dependencies.
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package com.sun.xml.bind.v2.model.core;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
/**
* Some {@link NonElement} can optionally be an {@link Element}.
*
* This interface captures such characteristics.
*
* @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
*/
public interface MaybeElement extends NonElement {
/**
* If the class is bound to an element, return true.
*
*
* Note that when this is true, the class is bound to both an element
* and a type.
*/
boolean isElement();
/**
* Gets the element name of the class, if the class is bound
* to an element.
*
* @return
* non-null iff {@link #isElement()}.
*/
QName getElementName();
/**
* Returns the {@link Element} aspect of this {@link ClassInfo}.
*
* @return
* null if {@link #isElement()}==false, non-null if {@link #isElement()}==true.
*/
Element asElement();
}