MetadataType (mule-metadata-model-api 1.6.0 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

AnyType, ArrayType, AttributeFieldType, AttributeKeyType, BinaryType, BooleanType, DateTimeType, DateType, FunctionType, IntersectionType, LocalDateTimeType, LocalTimeType, NothingType, NullType, NumberType, ObjectFieldType, ObjectKeyType, ObjectType, PeriodType, RegexType, SimpleType, StringType, TimeType, TimeZoneType, TupleType, TypeParameterType, UnionType, VoidType

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseMetadataType, DefaultAnyType, DefaultArrayType, DefaultAttributeFieldType, DefaultAttributeKeyType, DefaultBinaryType, DefaultBooleanType, DefaultDateTimeType, DefaultDateType, DefaultFunctionType, DefaultIntersectionType, DefaultLocalDateTimeType, DefaultLocalTimeType, DefaultNothingType, DefaultNullType, DefaultNumberType, DefaultObjectFieldType, DefaultObjectKeyType, DefaultObjectType, DefaultPeriodType, DefaultRegexType, DefaultStringType, DefaultTimeType, DefaultTimeZoneType, DefaultTupleType, DefaultTypeParameterType, DefaultUnionType, DefaultVoidType
```
@NoImplement
public interface MetadataType
```
Base interface for all the Types

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`accept(MetadataTypeVisitor visitor)`	Dispatches in a reflective way to the method with prefix "visit" with the specific type as argument.
`<T extends TypeAnnotation> Optional<T>`	`getAnnotation(Class<T> annotation)`	Returns an `Optional` with the annotation of a given type.
`Set<TypeAnnotation>`	`getAnnotations()`	Returns all the annotations of the type.
`Optional<String>`	`getDescription()`	Returns the description if specified.
`MetadataFormat`	`getMetadataFormat()`	Return the format of the underlying type system where this type was mapped from.

- Method Detail
  - getMetadataFormat
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MetadataFormat getMetadataFormat()
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    Return the format of the underlying type system where this type was mapped from. I.E XML
    
    Returns:
    
    The format.
  - getAnnotation
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<T extends TypeAnnotation> Optional<T> getAnnotation(Class<T> annotation)
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    Returns an Optional with the annotation of a given type.
    
    Parameters:
    
    annotation - The type of annotation
    
    Returns:
    
    Optional with the matched annotation. Optional.empty() if the annotation was not present.
  - getAnnotations
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Set<TypeAnnotation> getAnnotations()
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    Returns all the annotations of the type.
    
    Returns:
    
    The collection of annotations
  - getDescription
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Optional<String> getDescription()
```
    Returns the description if specified.
    
    Returns:
    
    The description if any.
  - accept
```
void accept(MetadataTypeVisitor visitor)
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    Dispatches in a reflective way to the method with prefix "visit" with the specific type as argument. Example visitObject(ObjectType objectType) will be called when this type is an ObjectType.
    
    Parameters:
    
    visitor - The visitor