IntrospectionCookie


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19  
20  package org.apache.tools.ant.module.api;
21  
22  import org.openide.nodes.Node;
23  
24  /** Represents an object with an associated introspectable class.
25   * Used for Ant elements which are matched to some Java class
26   * (e.g. for a task or for a subelement).
27   * Similar in concept to InstanceCookie; however InstanceCookie
28   * requires the cookie to be able to load the actual class and
29   * instantiate it (which is not always possible from these elements)
30   * and also does not provide a way to get the class name <em>without</em>
31   * loading the class (which is useful from these elements).
32   * IntrospectedInfo can be used to look up introspection results from
33   * the resulting class name.
34   * @since 2.3
35   * @see IntrospectedInfo
36   * @deprecated No longer useful in new UI.
37   */
38  @Deprecated  
39  public interface IntrospectionCookie extends Node.Cookie {
40      
41      /** Get the name of the class this object is associated with.
42       * Objects <em>not</em> associated with a class, or not associated
43       * with a known particular class, should not have this cookie.
44       * @return the fully-qualified dot-separated class name
45       */
46      String   getClassName ();
47      
48  }
49
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