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/*
* Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
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*
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*
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*/
package org.apache.tuscany.sca.interfacedef;
/**
* Representation of the type of data associated with an operation. Data is
* represented in two forms: the physical form used by the runtime and a logical
* form used by the assembly. The physical form is a Java Type because the
* runtime is written in Java. This may be the same form used by the application
* but it may not; for example, an application that is performing stream
* processing may want a physical form such as an
* {@link java.io.InputStream InputStream} to semantially operate on application
* data such as a purchase order. The logical description is that used by the
* assembly model and is an identifier into some well-known type space; examples
* may be a Java type represented by its Class or an XML type represented by its
* QName. Every data type may also contain metadata describing the expected
* data; for example, it could specify a preferred data binding technology or
* the size of a typical instance.
*
* @version $Rev$ $Date$
*/
public interface DataType<L> extends Cloneable {
/**
* Set the java type for the data
* @param cls
*/
void setPhysical(Class cls);
/**
* Returns the physical type used by the runtime.
*
* @return the physical type used by the runtime
*/
Class getPhysical();
/**
* Returns the logical identifier used by the assembly. The type of this
* value identifies the logical type system in use. Known values are:
* <ul>
* <li>a Class identifies a Java type by name and
* ClassLoader; this includes Java Classes as they are specializations of
* Type</li>
* <li>a XMLType identifies an XML type by local name and
* namespace</li>
* </ul>
*
* @return the logical type name
*/
L getLogical();
/**
* @return
*/
String getDataBinding();
/**
* @param dataBinding the dataBinding to set
*/
void setDataBinding(String dataBinding);
/**
* @return
* @throws CloneNotSupportedException
*/
Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException;
/**
* @param logical the logical to set
*/
void setLogical(L logical);
}
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