2 * Copyright (c) 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. and others. All rights reserved.
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4 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
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5 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
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6 * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
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8 package org.opendaylight.controller.sal.binding.generator.spi;
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10 import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.binding.model.api.Type;
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11 import org.opendaylight.controller.yang.model.api.TypeDefinition;
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13 public interface TypeProvider {
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16 Type javaTypeForYangType(String type);
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19 * Resolve of yang Type Definition to it's java counter part.
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20 * If the Type Definition contains one of yang primitive types the method
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21 * will return java.lang. counterpart. (For example if yang type is int32
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22 * the java counterpart is java.lang.Integer). In case that Type
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23 * Definition contains extended type defined via yang typedef statement
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24 * the method SHOULD return Generated Type or Generated Transfer Object
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25 * if that Type is correctly referenced to resolved imported yang module.
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26 * The method will return <cdoe>null</cdoe> value in situations that
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27 * TypeDefinition can't be resolved (either due missing yang import or
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28 * incorrectly specified type).
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31 * @param type Type Definition to resolve from
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32 * @return Resolved Type
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34 Type javaTypeForSchemaDefinitionType(final TypeDefinition<?> type);
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