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package io.micronaut.inject.ast;

import io.micronaut.core.annotation.AnnotationMetadata;

import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * Stores data about a compile time element. The underlying object can be a class, field, or method.
 *
 * @author James Kleeh
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface Element extends AnnotationMetadata {

    /**
     * @return The name of the element.
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * @return True if the element is protected.
     */
    boolean isProtected();

    /**
     * @return True if the element is public.
     */
    boolean isPublic();

    /**
     * Returns the native underlying type. This API is extended by all of the inject language implementations.
     * The object returned by this method will be the language native type the information is being retrieved from.
     *
     * @return The native type
     */
    Object getNativeType();

    /**
     * The simple name of the element. For a class this will be the name without the package.
     *
     * @return The simple name
     */
    default String getSimpleName() {
        return getName();
    }

    /**
     * @return True if the element is abstract.
     */
    default boolean isAbstract() {
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * @return True if the element is static.
     */
    default boolean isStatic() {
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * @return The documentation, if any.
     */
    default Optional getDocumentation() {
        return Optional.empty();
    }

    /**
     * @return True if the element is private.
     */
    default boolean isPrivate() {
        return !isPublic();
    }

    /**
     * @return True if the element is final.
     */
    default boolean isFinal() {
        return false;
    }
}