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 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
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 */
package org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding;

import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNull;

/**
 * Base interface for all interfaces generated to capture a specific contract.
 *
 * @param <T> Type of the captured contract
 */
@Beta
// FIXME: evaluate integrating with BindingObject
public interface BindingContract<T extends BindingContract<T>> {
    /**
     * Return the interface implemented by this object. This method differs from {@link Object#getClass()} in that it
     * returns the interface contract, not a concrete implementation class.
     *
     * @return Implemented contract
     */
    @NonNull Class<? extends T> implementedInterface();
}