| /* |
| * Copyright 2000-2010 JetBrains s.r.o. |
| * |
| * 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 com.intellij.util.xml; |
| |
| import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable; |
| |
| /** |
| * This interface may be interpreted as a reference, whose text is {@link #getStringValue()}, and resolving to |
| * the result of {@link #getValue()} method. |
| * |
| * @author peter |
| */ |
| public interface GenericValue<T> { |
| |
| /** |
| * @return the string representation of the value. Even if {@link #getValue()} returns null, this method |
| * can return something more descriptive. |
| */ |
| @TagValue |
| @Nullable |
| String getStringValue(); |
| |
| /** |
| * @return resolved value (may take time). It's strongly recommended that even if T is {@link String}, one uses |
| * {@link #getStringValue()} method instead. |
| */ |
| @Nullable |
| T getValue(); |
| |
| } |