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package com.sun.tools.xjc.api;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
import com.sun.codemodel.JType;
/**
* Represents a property of a wrapper-style element.
*
*
* Carrys information about one property of a wrapper-style
* element. This interface is solely intended for the use by
* the JAX-RPC and otherwise the use is discouraged.
*
*
* REVISIT: use CodeModel.
*
* @author
* Kohsuke Kawaguchi ([email protected])
* @see Mapping
*/
public interface Property {
/**
* The name of the property.
*
*
* This method returns a valid identifier suitable for
* the use as a variable name.
*
* @return
* always non-null. Camel-style name like "foo" or "barAndZot".
* Note that it may contain non-ASCII characters (CJK, etc.)
* The caller is responsible for proper escaping if it
* wants to print this as a variable name.
*/
String name();
/**
* The Java type of the property.
*
* @return
* always non-null.
* {@link JType} is a representation of a Java type in a codeModel.
* If you just need the fully-qualified class name, call {@link JType#fullName()}.
*/
JType type();
/**
* Name of the XML element that corresponds to the property.
*
*
* Each child of a wrapper style element corresponds with an
* element, and this method returns that name.
*
* @return
* always non-null valid {@link QName}.
*/
QName elementName();
}