xml/dom-openapi/src/com/intellij/util/xml/reflect/DomCollectionChildDescription.java

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package com.intellij.util.xml.reflect;

import com.intellij.util.xml.DomElement;
import com.intellij.util.xml.JavaMethod;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

import java.lang.reflect.Type;

/**
 * @author peter
 */
public interface DomCollectionChildDescription extends DomChildrenDescription {

  DomCollectionChildDescription[] EMPTY_ARRAY = new DomCollectionChildDescription[0];
  
  @Nullable
  JavaMethod getGetterMethod();

  DomElement addValue(@NotNull DomElement parent);
  DomElement addValue(@NotNull DomElement parent, int index);
  DomElement addValue(@NotNull DomElement parent, Type type);
  DomElement addValue(@NotNull DomElement parent, Type type, int index);

}