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package javax.persistence.metamodel;

/**
 * Instances of the type Type represent persistent object 
 * or attribute types.
 *
 * @param   The type of the represented object or attribute
 *
 * @since Java Persistence 2.0
 */
public interface Type {

       public static enum PersistenceType {

	   /** Entity */
           ENTITY, 

	   /** Embeddable class */
	   EMBEDDABLE, 

	   /** Mapped superclass */
	   MAPPED_SUPERCLASS, 

	   /** Basic type */
	   BASIC
       }

    /**
     *  Return the persistence type.
     *  @return persistence type
     */	
    PersistenceType getPersistenceType();

    /**
     *  Return the represented Java type.
     *  @return Java type
     */
    Class getJavaType();
}