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The basic runtime tools and interfaces for intarsys components.
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package de.intarsys.tools.objectmodel;

/**
 * The abstraction of a class in this object model.
 * 
 */
public interface IClass {

	/**
	 * All known {@link IField} instances of this. If no fields are available,
	 * this method returns an empty array.
	 * 
	 * @return All known {@link IField} instances of this.
	 */
	public IField[] getFields();

	/**
	 * All known {@link IMethod} instances of this. If no methods are available,
	 * this method returns an empty array.
	 * 
	 * @return All known {@link IMethod} instances of this.
	 */
	public IMethod[] getMethods();

	/**
	 * The unique selector to this {@link IClass}.
	 * 
	 * @return The unique selector to this {@link IClass}.
	 */
	public IClassSelector getSelector();

	/**
	 * The single {@link IField} with the given name.
	 * 
	 * @param name
	 *            The name of the {@link IField} to lookup.
	 * 
	 * @return The single {@link IField} with the given name.
	 */
	public IField lookupField(String name);

	/**
	 * The single {@link IMethod} with the given name.
	 * 
	 * @param name
	 *            The name of the {@link IMethod} to lookup.
	 * 
	 * @return The single {@link IMethod} with the given name.
	 */
	public IMethod lookupMethod(String name);

}