content: /*
   * Copyright (C) 2012 Facebook, Inc.
   *
   * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   * You may obtain a copy of the License at
   *
   *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
   *
   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   * limitations under the License.
   */
  package io.airlift.drift.codec.metadata;
  
  import io.airlift.drift.codec.ThriftProtocolType;
  
  import java.lang.reflect.Type;
  
  /**
   * An interface to either a resolved {@link ThriftType} or the information to compute one.
   * <p>
   * Used when computing struct/union metadata, as a placeholder for field types that might
   * not be directly resolvable yet (in cases of recursive types).
   */
  public interface ThriftTypeReference
  {
      Type getJavaType();
  
      ThriftProtocolType getProtocolType();
  
      boolean isRecursive();
  
      ThriftType get();
  }
  