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package org.jooq.meta;

A function that can be injected into jOOQ-meta elements to resolve Java types from DataTypeDefinition. 

This inversion of control is necessary to inject jOOQ-codegen behaviour into
jOOQ-meta. It might become obsolete once we merge the two modules again.
Author:
Lukas Eder/**
 * A function that can be injected into jOOQ-meta elements to resolve Java types
 * from {@link DataTypeDefinition}.
 * <p>
 * This inversion of control is necessary to inject jOOQ-codegen behaviour into
 * jOOQ-meta. It might become obsolete once we merge the two modules again.
 *
 * @author Lukas Eder
 */
public interface JavaTypeResolver {

    
Resolve a Java type from a DataTypeDefinition. /**
     * Resolve a Java type from a {@link DataTypeDefinition}.
     */
    String resolve(DataTypeDefinition type);

    
Get a language dependent class literal for a type.


Language
Output for String
Java
String.class
Scala
classOf[String]
Kotlin
String::class.java

/**
     * Get a language dependent class literal for a type.
     * <p>
     * <table>
     * <tr><th>Language</th><th>Output for <code>String</code></th></tr>
     * <tr><td>Java</td><td><code>String.class</code></td></tr>
     * <tr><td>Scala</td><td><code>classOf[String]</code></td></tr>
     * <tr><td>Kotlin</td><td><code>String::class.java</code></td></tr>
     * </table>
     */
    String classLiteral(String type);

    
Get a language dependent constructor call for a type.


Language
Output for String
Java
new EnumConverter<A, B>
Scala
new EnumConverter[A, B]
Kotlin
EnumConverter<A, B>

/**
     * Get a language dependent constructor call for a type.
     * <p>
     * <table>
     * <tr><th>Language</th><th>Output for <code>String</code></th></tr>
     * <tr><td>Java</td><td><code>new EnumConverter&lt;A, B&gt;</code></td></tr>
     * <tr><td>Scala</td><td><code>new EnumConverter[A, B]</code></td></tr>
     * <tr><td>Kotlin</td><td><code>EnumConverter&lt;A, B&gt;</code></td></tr>
     * </table>
     */
    String constructorCall(String type);

    
Get the unqualified type reference and add an import for the qualified
type, if necessary.
/**
     * Get the unqualified type reference and add an import for the qualified
     * type, if necessary.
     */
    String ref(String type);

    
Get the unqualified type reference and add an import for the qualified
type, if necessary.
/**
     * Get the unqualified type reference and add an import for the qualified
     * type, if necessary.
     */
    String ref(Class<?> type);
}