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25
26package com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.model.runtime;
27
28import java.lang.reflect.Type;
29
30import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
31
32import com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.model.core.LeafInfo;
33import com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.Transducer;
34
35/**
36 * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
37 */
38public interface RuntimeLeafInfo extends LeafInfo<Type,Class>, RuntimeNonElement {
39    /**
40     * {@inheritDoc}
41     *
42     * @return
43     *      always non-null.
44     */
45    <V> Transducer<V> getTransducer();
46
47    /**
48     * The same as {@link #getType()} but returns the type as a {@link Class}.
49     * <p>
50     * Note that the returned {@link Class} object does not necessarily represents
51     * a class declaration. It can be primitive types.
52     */
53    Class getClazz();
54
55    /**
56     * Returns all the type names recognized by this type for unmarshalling.
57     *
58     * <p>
59     * While conceptually this method belongs to {@link RuntimeNonElement},
60     * if we do that we have to put a lot of dummy implementations everywhere,
61     * so it's placed here, where it's actually needed.
62     *
63     * @return
64     *      Always non-null. Do not modify the returned array.
65     */
66    QName[] getTypeNames();
67}
68