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package io.sarl.lang.sarl.actionprototype;

import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
import org.eclipse.xtext.common.types.JvmTypeReference;
import org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.XExpression;

/** An object able to provide the name and the type of a formal parameter.
*
* @author $Author: sgalland$
* @version $FullVersion$
* @mavengroupid $GroupId$
* @mavenartifactid $ArtifactId$
*/
public interface FormalParameterProvider {

	/** Replies the number of formal parameters.
	 *
	 * @return the number of formal parameters.
	 */
	int getFormalParameterCount();

	/** Replies the name of the formal parameter at the given position.
	 *
	 * @param position the position of the formal parameter.
	 * @return the name of the formal parameter.
	 */
	String getFormalParameterName(int position);

	/** Replies the type of the formal parameter at the given position.
	 *
	 * @param position the position of the formal parameter.
	 * @param isVarargs indicates if the parameter should be considered as a vararg parameter.
	 * @return the type of the formal parameter.
	 */
	String getFormalParameterType(int position, boolean isVarargs);

	/** Replies the type of the formal parameter at the given position.
	 *
	 * @param position the position of the formal parameter.
	 * @param isVarargs indicates if the parameter should be considered as a vararg parameter.
	 * @return the type of the formal parameter.
	 */
	JvmTypeReference getFormalParameterTypeReference(int position, boolean isVarargs);

	/** Replies if the formal parameter at the given position has a default value.
	 *
	 * @param position the position of the formal parameter.
	 * @return {@code true} if the parameter has a default value, {@code false} if not.
	 */
	boolean hasFormalParameterDefaultValue(int position);

	/** Replies the default value of the formal parameter at the given position.
	 *
	 * <p>This function replies the Xbase expression for the default value.
	 *
	 * <p>If this function  replies {@code null}, the string representation of the
	 * default value may be still available. See {@link #getFormalParameterDefaultValueString(int)}.
	 *
	 * @param position the position of the formal parameter.
	 * @return the default value, or {@code null} if none.
	 * @see #getFormalParameterDefaultValueString(int)
	 */
	XExpression getFormalParameterDefaultValue(int position);

	/** Replies the default value of the formal parameter at the given position.
	 *
	 * <p>This function replies the string representation of the default value.
	 *
	 * <p>If this function  replies {@code null} or an empty string of characters, the Xbase representation of the
	 * default value may be still available. See {@link #getFormalParameterDefaultValue(int)}.
	 *
	 * @param position the position of the formal parameter.
	 * @return the default value, or {@code null} if none.
	 * @see #getFormalParameterDefaultValue(int)
	 */
	String getFormalParameterDefaultValueString(int position);

	/** Replies the formal parameter at the given position.
	 *
	 * @param position the position of the formal parameter.
	 * @return the formal parameter
	 */
	EObject getFormalParameter(int position);

}
