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/*
 * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
 *
 * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 *
 * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
 *
 *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
 *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
 *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you 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 .
 */

package com.sun.star.uno;

/**
 * The <code>ITypeDescription</code> allows to examine a type
 * in detail (e.g. it is used for marshaling/unmarshaling).
 *
 * @deprecated This interface does not cover all the features supported by the
 * corresponding (unpublished) implementation.  But no client code should need
 * to access this functionality, anyway.
 */
public interface ITypeDescription {
    /**
     * Gets the <code>ITypeDescription</code> of the
     * super, if it exists.
     * <p>
     * @return  the <code>ITypeDescription</code>.
     */
    ITypeDescription getSuperType();

    /**
     * Gets the <code>IMethodDescription</code> for every
     * method, if this type is an interface. Otherwise
     * returns <code>null</code>.
     * <p>
     * @return  the <code>IMethodDescription[]</code>.
     */
    IMethodDescription []getMethodDescriptions();

    /**
     * Gets the <code>IMethodDescription</code> for the
     * method with index methodId, if it exists, otherwise
     * returns <code>null</code>.
     * <p>
     * @return  the <code>IMethodDescription</code>.
     */
    IMethodDescription getMethodDescription(int methodId);

    /**
     * Gets the <code>IMethodDescription</code> for the
     * method with the name <code>name</code>, if it exists,
     * otherwise returns <code>null</code>.
     * <p>
     * @return  the <code>IMethodDescription</code>.
     */
    IMethodDescription getMethodDescription(String name);

    /**
     * Gets the <code>IFieldDescription</code> for every
     * field, if this type is an interface. Otherwise
     * returns <code>null</code>.
     * <p>
     * @return  the <code>IFieldDescription[]</code>.
     */
      IFieldDescription []getFieldDescriptions();

    /**
     * Gets the <code>IFieldDescription</code> for the
     * field with the name <code>name</code>, if it exists,
     * otherwise returns <code>null</code>.
     * <p>
     * @return  the <code>IFieldDescription</code>.
     */
      IFieldDescription getFieldDescription(String name);

    /**
     * Gets the IDL <code>TypeClass</code> of the type.
     * <p>
     * @return  the <code>TypeClass</code>.
     */
    TypeClass getTypeClass();

    /**
     * Gets the component <code>ITypeDescription</code> if
     * this is an array type, otherwise returns <code>null</code>.
     * <p>
     * @return the <code>ITypeDescription</code>
     */
    ITypeDescription getComponentType();

    /**
     * Gets the (UNO) type name.
     *
     * <p>The following table lists how UNO types map to type names:</p>
     * <table>
     *   <thead>
     *     <tr><th>UNO type</th><th>type name</th></tr>
     *   </thead>
     *   <tbody>
     *     <tr><td>VOID</td><td><code>"void"</code></td></tr>
     *     <tr><td>BOOLEAN</td><td><code>"boolean"</code></td></tr>
     *     <tr><td>CHAR</td><td><code>"char"</code></td></tr>
     *     <tr><td>BYTE</td><td><code>"byte"</code></td></tr>
     *     <tr><td>SHORT</td><td><code>"short"</code></td></tr>
     *     <tr>
     *       <td>UNSIGNED SHORT</td><td><code>"unsigned short"</code></td>
     *     </tr>
     *     <tr><td>LONG</td><td><code>"long"</code></td></tr>
     *     <tr><td>UNSIGNED LONG</td><td><code>"unsigned long"</code></td></tr>
     *     <tr><td>HYPER</td><td></td><code>"hyper"</code></tr>
     *     <tr>
     *       <td>UNSIGNED HYPER</td><td></td><code>"unsigned hyper"</code>
     *     </tr>
     *     <tr><td>FLOAT</td><td></td><code>"float"</code></tr>
     *     <tr><td>DOUBLE</td><td></td><code>"double"</code></tr>
     *     <tr><td>STRING</td><td></td><code>"string"</code></tr>
     *     <tr><td>TYPE</td><td></td><code>"type"</code></tr>
     *     <tr><td>ANY</td><td></td><code>"any"</code></tr>
     *     <tr>
     *       <td>sequence type of base type <var>T</var></td>
     *       <td><code>"[]"</code> followed by type name for <var>T</var></td>
     *     </tr>
     *     <tr>
     *       <td>enum type named <var>N</var></td>
     *       <td><var>N</var> (see below)</td>
     *     </tr>
     *     <tr>
     *       <td>struct type named <var>N</var></td>
     *       <td><var>N</var> (see below)</td>
     *     </tr>
     *     <tr>
     *       <td>exception type named <var>N</var>
     *       </td><td><var>N</var> (see below)</td>
     *     </tr>
     *     <tr>
     *       <td>interface type named <var>N</var></td>
     *       <td><var>N</var> (see below)</td>
     *     </tr>
     *   <tbody>
     * </table>
     * <p>For a UNO type named <var>N</var>, consisting of a sequence of module
     * names <var>M<sub>1</sub></var>, ..., <var>M<sub>n</sub></var> followed by
     * a simple name <var>S</var>, the corresponding type name consists of the
     * same sequence of module names and simple name, with <code>"."</code>
     * seperating the individual elements.</p>
     *
     * @return the type name.
     */
    String getTypeName();

    /**
     * Gets the (Java) array type name.
     *
     * <p>The array type name is defined to be the Java class name (as returned
     * by <code>Class.forName</code>) of the Java array class that corresponds
     * to the UNO sequence type with this type (the UNO type represented by this
     * <code>ITypeDescription</code> instance) as base type.  For an
     * <code>ITypeDescription</code> instance representing the UNO type VOID,
     * the array type name is defined to be
     * <code>"[Ljava.lang.Void;"</code>.</p>
     *
     * @return the array type name.
     */
    String getArrayTypeName();

    /**
     * Gets the corresponding java class for the type.
     * <p>
     * @return   the corresponding java class.
     */
    Class<?> getZClass();
}