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aoqi@0: 
aoqi@0: package com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.model.runtime;
aoqi@0: 
aoqi@0: import java.lang.reflect.Type;
aoqi@0: 
aoqi@0: import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
aoqi@0: 
aoqi@0: import com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.model.core.LeafInfo;
aoqi@0: import com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.Transducer;
aoqi@0: 
aoqi@0: /**
aoqi@0:  * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
aoqi@0:  */
aoqi@0: public interface RuntimeLeafInfo extends LeafInfo<Type,Class>, RuntimeNonElement {
aoqi@0:     /**
aoqi@0:      * {@inheritDoc}
aoqi@0:      *
aoqi@0:      * @return
aoqi@0:      *      always non-null.
aoqi@0:      */
aoqi@0:     <V> Transducer<V> getTransducer();
aoqi@0: 
aoqi@0:     /**
aoqi@0:      * The same as {@link #getType()} but returns the type as a {@link Class}.
aoqi@0:      * <p>
aoqi@0:      * Note that the returned {@link Class} object does not necessarily represents
aoqi@0:      * a class declaration. It can be primitive types.
aoqi@0:      */
aoqi@0:     Class getClazz();
aoqi@0: 
aoqi@0:     /**
aoqi@0:      * Returns all the type names recognized by this type for unmarshalling.
aoqi@0:      *
aoqi@0:      * <p>
aoqi@0:      * While conceptually this method belongs to {@link RuntimeNonElement},
aoqi@0:      * if we do that we have to put a lot of dummy implementations everywhere,
aoqi@0:      * so it's placed here, where it's actually needed.
aoqi@0:      *
aoqi@0:      * @return
aoqi@0:      *      Always non-null. Do not modify the returned array.
aoqi@0:      */
aoqi@0:     QName[] getTypeNames();
aoqi@0: }