/* * Copyright (c) OSGi Alliance (2008, 2009). All Rights Reserved. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.osgi.service.blueprint.reflect; import java.util.List; /** * Metadata for a Map based value. * *
* This is specified by the map
element.
*
* @ThreadSafe
* @version $Revision$
*/
public interface MapMetadata extends NonNullMetadata {
/**
* Return the name of the type of the map keys.
*
* This is specified by the key-type
attribute of the map.
*
* @return The name of the type of the map keys, or null
if
* none is specified.
*/
String getKeyType();
/**
* Return the name of the type of the map values.
*
* This is specified by the value-type
attribute of the map.
*
* @return The name of the type of the map values, or null
if
* none is specified.
*/
String getValueType();
/**
* Return the entries for the map.
*
* @return An immutable List of {@link MapEntry} objects for each entry in
* the map. The List is empty if no entries are specified for the
* map.
*/
List