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 * Copyright (c) 2009 Red Hat, Inc. 
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 * This program is made available under the terms of the 
 * Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, 
 * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html 
 * 
 * Contributors: 
 * Red Hat, Inc. - initial API and implementation 
 ******************************************************************************/
package org.jboss.tools.cdi.core;

import java.util.Set;

import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IAnnotation;

/**
 * Represents a stereotype.
 * 
 * @author Alexey Kazakov
 */
public interface IStereotype extends IScoped, ICDINamedAnnotation {

	/**
	 * Returns the location of @Name declaration of this stereotype. If the bean
	 * doesn't have the @Name declaration then null will be returned.
	 * 
	 * @return the location of @Name declaration of this bean.
	 */
	IAnnotation getNameLocation();

	/**
	 * Returns the interceptor binding declarations of the stereotype.
	 * 
	 * @return the interceptor binding declarations.
	 */
	Set<IInterceptorBindingDeclaration> getInterceptorBindingDeclarations();

	/**
	 * Determines if the stereotype is an alternative.
	 * 
	 * @return <tt>true</tt> if the stereotype is an alternative, and
	 *         <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
	 */
	boolean isAlternative();

	/**
	 * Returns the location of @Alternative declaration of this stereotype.
	 * 
	 * @return the location of @Alternative declaration.
	 */
	IAnnotationDeclaration getAlternativeDeclaration();

	/**
	 * Obtains the stereotype declarations of the stereotype.
	 * 
	 * @return the set of stereotype declarations
	 */
	Set<IStereotypeDeclaration> getStereotypeDeclarations();
}