1 /*==================================================================== 2 3 OpenCCM: The Open CORBA Component Model Platform 4 Copyright (C) 2000-2002 USTL - LIFL - GOAL 5 Contact: openccm-team@objectweb.org 6 7 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 8 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 9 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 10 version 2.1 of the License, or any later version. 11 12 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 15 Lesser General Public License for more details. 16 17 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 18 License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 19 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 20 USA 21 22 Initial developer(s): Philippe Merle, Mathieu Vadet. 23 Contributor(s): ______________________________________. 24 25 ====================================================================*/ 26 27 package org.objectweb.ccm.IDL3; 28 29 /** 30 * This interface returns the reference to the IR3 IDLType object. 31 * 32 * @author <a=href="Philippe.Merle@lifl.fr">Philippe Merle</a> 33 * <a=href="Mathieu.Vadet@lifl.fr">Mathieu Vadet</a> 34 * 35 * @version 0.3 36 */ 37 38 public interface TypeRef 39 extends Reference 40 { 41 /** 42 * Obtain its IDLType reference. 43 * 44 * @return The IDLType associated with the type reference. 45 */ 46 public org.omg.CORBA.IDLType 47 getIDLType(); 48 49 /** 50 * Obtain its associated TypeKind. 51 * 52 * @return The associated TypeKind. 53 */ 54 public int 55 getTypeKind(); 56 57 /** 58 * Obtain the type external dependencies. 59 * 60 * @return The list of dependencies as an array of Declaration. 61 */ 62 public Declaration[] 63 getDependencies(); 64 65 /** 66 * To know if a type reference is in fact a declaration reference. 67 * 68 * @return True if the type is a declaration, false otherwise. 69 */ 70 public boolean 71 isDeclaration(); 72 } 73