01: /*
02: * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER.
03: *
04: * Copyright 1997-2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
05: *
06: * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of either the GNU
07: * General Public License Version 2 only ("GPL") or the Common
08: * Development and Distribution License("CDDL") (collectively, the
09: * "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the
10: * License. You can obtain a copy of the License at
11: * http://www.netbeans.org/cddl-gplv2.html
12: * or nbbuild/licenses/CDDL-GPL-2-CP. See the License for the
13: * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the
14: * License. When distributing the software, include this License Header
15: * Notice in each file and include the License file at
16: * nbbuild/licenses/CDDL-GPL-2-CP. Sun designates this
17: * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
18: * by Sun in the GPL Version 2 section of the License file that
19: * accompanied this code. If applicable, add the following below the
20: * License Header, with the fields enclosed by brackets [] replaced by
21: * your own identifying information:
22: * "Portions Copyrighted [year] [name of copyright owner]"
23: *
24: * Contributor(s):
25: *
26: * The Original Software is NetBeans. The Initial Developer of the Original
27: * Software is Sun Microsystems, Inc. Portions Copyright 1997-2007 Sun
28: * Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
29: *
30: * If you wish your version of this file to be governed by only the CDDL
31: * or only the GPL Version 2, indicate your decision by adding
32: * "[Contributor] elects to include this software in this distribution
33: * under the [CDDL or GPL Version 2] license." If you do not indicate a
34: * single choice of license, a recipient has the option to distribute
35: * your version of this file under either the CDDL, the GPL Version 2 or
36: * to extend the choice of license to its licensees as provided above.
37: * However, if you add GPL Version 2 code and therefore, elected the GPL
38: * Version 2 license, then the option applies only if the new code is
39: * made subject to such option by the copyright holder.
40: */
41:
42: package com.sun.rave.designtime.ext;
43:
44: import java.lang.reflect.Type;
45:
46: /**
47: * <P>The DesignBeanExt interface is an extension to DesignBean to provide additional
48: * design-time functionality for the Designtime System. DesignBeanExt does not extends
49: * DesignBean. So it acts as a <code>mixin</code>. </p>
50: *
51: * <p>The implementation class should also implement DesignBean <br/>
52: * Ex. public class DesignBeanImpl implements DesignBean, DesignBeanExt{
53: * </P>
54: *
55: * <p>The DsignBeanExt is meant to add support for Java Generics </p>
56: * @author Winston Prakash
57: */
58: public interface DesignBeanExt {
59:
60: /**
61: * <p>Returns the Type Parameters of the DesignBean as an array</p>
62: * <p>If the DesignBean is of type Map<String, Integer> <br/>
63: * then getTypeParameters returs array of java.lang.reflect.Type <br/>
64: * (Ex: Class<String> and <Integer> )
65: * </P>
66: *
67: * @return array of java.lang.reflect.Type
68: * @throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException
69: */
70: Type[] getTypeParameters() throws ClassNotFoundException;
71: }
|