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package com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.model.runtime;

import java.lang.reflect.Type;

import com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.model.core.NonElementRef;
import com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.Transducer;

Runtime version of NonElementRef. 
 Inside the implementation, reference decorators implement this interface and this interface is used for chaining. Also, every RuntimeNonElement implementation implements this interface so that undecorated plain reference can be represented without using a separate object. 
Author:
Kohsuke Kawaguchi/**
 * Runtime version of {@link NonElementRef}.
 *
 * <p>
 * Inside the implementation, reference decorators implement this interface
 * and this interface is used for chaining. Also, every {@link RuntimeNonElement}
 * implementation implements this interface so that undecorated plain
 * reference can be represented without using a separate object.
 *
 * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
 */
public interface RuntimeNonElementRef extends NonElementRef<Type,Class> {
    // refinements
    RuntimeNonElement getTarget();
    RuntimePropertyInfo getSource();

    
If the XML representation of the referenced Java type is just a text,
return a transducer that converts between the bean and XML.
/**
     * If the XML representation of the referenced Java type is just a text,
     * return a transducer that converts between the bean and XML.
     */
    Transducer getTransducer();

    // TransducedAccessor should be created
}