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package org.glassfish.jaxb.runtime.v2.model.runtime;

import org.glassfish.jaxb.core.v2.model.core.NonElementRef;
import org.glassfish.jaxb.runtime.v2.runtime.Transducer;

import java.lang.reflect.Type;

/**
 * Runtime version of {@link NonElementRef}.
 *
 * <p>
 * Inside the implementation, reference decorators implement this interface
 * and this interface is used for chaining. Also, every {@link RuntimeNonElement}
 * implementation implements this interface so that undecorated plain
 * reference can be represented without using a separate object.
 *
 * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
 */
public interface RuntimeNonElementRef extends NonElementRef<Type,Class> {
    // refinements
    @Override
    RuntimeNonElement getTarget();
    @Override
    RuntimePropertyInfo getSource();

    /**
     * If the XML representation of the referenced Java type is just a text,
     * return a transducer that converts between the bean and XML.
     */
    <V> Transducer<V> getTransducer();

    // TransducedAccessor should be created
}
