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  package org.activiti.engine.impl.variable;
  
  import org.activiti.engine.api.internal.Internal;
  
  /**
   * Interface describing a container for all available {@link VariableType}s of variables.
   *
  
  
   */
  @Internal
  public interface VariableTypes {
      /**
       * @return the type for the given type name. Returns null if no type was found with the name.
       */
      public VariableType getVariableType(String typeName);
  
      /**
       * @return the variable type to be used to store the given value as a variable.
       * @throws ActivitiException
       *           When no available type is capable of storing the value.
       */
      public VariableType findVariableType(Object value);
  
      public VariableTypes addType(VariableType type);
  
      /**
       * Add type at the given index. The index is used when finding a type for an object. When different types can store a specific object value, the one with the smallest index will be used.
       */
      public VariableTypes addType(VariableType type, int index);
  
      public int getTypeIndex(VariableType type);
  
      public int getTypeIndex(String typeName);
  
      public VariableTypes removeType(VariableType type);
  }
  