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+/**
+ *
+ *  Copyright 2005 BEA Systems Inc.
+ *  Copyright 2005 International Business Machines Corporation
+ *
+ *  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.osoa.sdo.helper;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+
+import org.osoa.sdo.Property;
+import org.osoa.sdo.Type;
+
+/**
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ */
+public interface TypeHelper {
+    /**
+     * Define a Type in the Java namespace based on a Java interface.
+     * Equivalent to define(new QName(Type.JAVA_NAMESPACE, interfaceClass.getName()), interfaceClass)
+     *
+     * @param interfaceClass a Java interface that defines the type
+     * @return a new Type defined from the Java interface
+     */
+    <T> Type<T> define(Class<T> interfaceClass);
+
+    /**
+     * Define a Type based on a Java interface.
+     * The name of the Type will be the interface's class name.
+     *
+     * @param name           the name of the type
+     * @param interfaceClass a Java interface that defines the type
+     * @return a new Type defined from the Java interface
+     */
+    <T> Type<T> define(QName name, Class<T> interfaceClass);
+
+    Type<?> getType(QName name);
+
+    <T> Type<T> getType(Class<T> interfaceClass);
+}