Application: gvSIG desktop » Library: org.gvsig.tools

/**

 * gvSIG. Desktop Geographic Information System.

 *

 * Copyright (C) 2007-2013 gvSIG Association.

 *

 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License

 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2

 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

 *

 * This program 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

 * GNU General Public License for more details.

 *

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software

 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,

 * MA  02110-1301, USA.

 *

 * For any additional information, do not hesitate to contact us

 * at info AT gvsig.com, or visit our website www.gvsig.com.

 */

package org.gvsig.tools.dataTypes;

import org.gvsig.tools.util.LabeledValue;

public interface DataType extends LabeledValue<DataType>, org.gvsig.tools.lang.Cloneable {

  public boolean isObject();

  public boolean isDynObject();

  public boolean isContainer();

  public boolean isNumeric();

  public String getName();

  public int getType();

  public Class getDefaultClass();

  public String getSubtype();

  public Coercion getCoercion();

//        public void setCoercion(Coercion coercion);

  public void addCoercion(Coercion coercion);

  public Object coerce(Object value) throws CoercionException;

  public Object coerce(Object value, CoercionContext context) throws CoercionException;

  public String getIconName();

  @Override

  public DataType clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException;

}