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package org.apache.sling.hapi;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * A Hypermedia API type.
 */
public interface HApiType {

    /**
     * The name of this type
     * @return
     */
    String getName();


    /**
     * The description of this type
     * @return
     */
    String getDescription();

    /**
     * The path of the Resource representing this type
     * @return
     */
    String getPath();

    /**
     * The external URL of the node representing this type
     * @return
     */
    String getUrl();

    /**
     * The fully qualified domain name of this type
     * @return
     */
    String getFqdn();

    /**
     * A list of {@link String} representing java-like generic types that can be used as types for the properties belonging to this type
     * @return
     */
    List<String> getParameters();

    /**
     * A map with the names of the properties as keys and the HApiProperty object as values defined for this type
     * <p>This list does not include properties inherited from the parent type</p>
     * @return
     */
    Map<String, HApiProperty> getProperties();

    /**
     * A map with the names of the properties as keys and the HApiProperty object as values defined for this type,
     * including the properties inherited from the parent type
     * @return
     */
    Map<String, HApiProperty> getAllProperties();

    /**
     * Returns the parent type object
     * @return
     */
    HApiType getParent();

    /**
     * Whether this type is abstract or not.
     * An abstract type is an identifier that does not map to a jcr node as a path or as a FQDN
     * @return
     */
    boolean isAbstract();
}