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/**
 * Copyright 2011 Adrian Witas
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package org.abstractmeta.reflectify;


import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Represents Reflectify.
 * It provides api for reflective data system.
 *
 * @author Adrian Witas
 */

public interface Reflectify {

    Class getType();

    Provider getProvider(Class... argumentTypes);
    
    List> getProviders();

     MethodInvoker getMethodInvoker(Class methodResultType, String methodName, Class... argumentTypes);

    MethodInvoker getMethodInvoker(String methodName, Class... argumentTypes);

    List> getMethodInvokers(String methodName);

     Accessor getAccessor(Class fieldType, String fieldName);

    Accessor getAccessor(String fieldName);

     Mutator getMutator(Class fieldType, String fieldName);

    Mutator getMutator(String fieldName);
    
    List getFieldNames();
    
    Class getFieldType(String fieldName);
    
    List getMethodNames();
    
    interface Provider extends javax.inject.Provider {
        /**
         * Returns a method argument setter
         * @param argumentType argument Type
         * @param argumentIndex method argument index starting from 0
         */
         ParameterSetter getParameterSetter(Class argumentType, int argumentIndex);

        /**
         * Returns a method argument setter
         * @param argumentIndex method argument index starting from 0
         */
        ParameterSetter