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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);
}