/*
 * Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Júlio Vilmar Gesser.
 * Copyright (C) 2011, 2013-2016 The JavaParser Team.
 *
 * This file is part of JavaParser.
 *
 * JavaParser can be used either under the terms of
 * a) the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 *     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *     (at your option) any later version.
 * b) the terms of the Apache License
 *
 * You should have received a copy of both licenses in LICENCE.LGPL and
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 *
 * JavaParser is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 */

package com.github.javaparser.resolution.declarations;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * An entity which has type parameter.
 *
 * @author Federico Tomassetti
 */
public interface ResolvedTypeParametrizable {

    /**
     * The list of type parameters defined on this element.
     */
    List<ResolvedTypeParameterDeclaration> getTypeParameters();

    /**
     * Find the closest TypeParameterDeclaration with the given name.
     * It first look on this element itself and then on the containers.
     */
    Optional<ResolvedTypeParameterDeclaration> findTypeParameter(String name);

    default boolean isGeneric() {
        return !getTypeParameters().isEmpty();
    }

}