1 /* 2 * Copyright 2006 Google Inc. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not 5 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of 6 * the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT 12 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the 13 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under 14 * the License. 15 */ 16 package com.google.gwt.dev.jdt; 17 18 import com.google.gwt.core.ext.TreeLogger; 19 import com.google.gwt.core.ext.UnableToCompleteException; 20 21 /** 22 * Abstracts the implementation of making deferred binding decisions. 23 */ 24 public interface RebindOracle { 25 26 /** 27 * Determines which type should be substituted for the requested type. The 28 * caller must ensure that the result type is instantiable. 29 * 30 * @return the substitute type name, which may be the requested type itself; 31 * this method must not return <code>null</code> if sourceTypeName 32 * is not <code>null</code> 33 */ 34 String rebind(TreeLogger logger, String sourceTypeName) 35 throws UnableToCompleteException; 36 } 37