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/**
 * Copyright (C) 2008, University of Manchester
 *
 * Modifications to the initial code base are copyright of their
 * respective authors, or their employers as appropriate.  Authorship
 * of the modifications may be determined from the ChangeLog placed at
 * the end of this file.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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 */
package org.coode.oppl;

import org.coode.oppl.variabletypes.VariableType;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.IRI;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLObject;

/** Any variable not generated implements this interface; generated variables
 * implement Variable
 * 
 * @author Luigi Iannone
 * @param 
 *            type */
public interface Variable extends Renderable {
    /** @return the name of the Variable */
    String getName();

    /** @return an URI for the Variable */
    IRI getIRI();

    /** @return the type of the Variable
     * @see VariableType */
    VariableType getType();

    /** Visitor pattern interface method for visitors without return type
     * 
     * @param visitor
     *            visitor */
    void accept(VariableVisitor visitor);

    /** Visitor pattern interface method for visitors with return type
     * 
     * @param visitor
     *            visitor
     * @param 
     *            visitor type
     * @return an instance of T */
     T accept(VariableVisitorEx visitor);
}