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 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2018 IBM Corporation and others.
 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials
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 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup;

/*
 * Encapsulates aspects related to type variable substitution
 */
public interface Substitution {

	/**
	 * Don't substitute any type variables.
	 * Enables the use of {@link Scope.Substitutor} for other purposes.
	 */
	public static class NullSubstitution implements Substitution {
		LookupEnvironment environment;

		public NullSubstitution(LookupEnvironment environment) {
			this.environment = environment;
		}
		@Override
		public TypeBinding substitute(TypeVariableBinding typeVariable) {
			return typeVariable;
		}
		@Override
		public boolean isRawSubstitution() {
			return false;
		}
		@Override
		public LookupEnvironment environment() {
			return this.environment;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the type substitute for a given type variable, or itself
	 * if no substitution got performed.
	 */
	TypeBinding substitute(TypeVariableBinding typeVariable);

	/**
	 * Returns the lookup environment
	 */
	LookupEnvironment environment();

	/**
	 * Returns true for raw substitution
	 */
	boolean isRawSubstitution();
}