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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2011 Oracle, Inc. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 and Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution.  The Eclipse Public License is available
 * at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html and the Eclipse Distribution License
 * is available at http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
 */
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();
}