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package io.sarl.lang.typesystem.cast;

import org.eclipse.xtext.common.types.JvmOperation;
import org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.XExpression;
import org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.computation.ILinkingCandidate;

/** Linking candidate for cast operator.
*
* @author $Author: sgalland$
* @version $FullVersion$
* @mavengroupid $GroupId$
* @mavenartifactid $ArtifactId$
* @since 0.9
*/
public interface ICastOperatorLinkingCandidate extends ILinkingCandidate {

	/**
	 * Returns the feature that should be called in place of the cast operator.
	 * @return the feature.
	 */
	JvmOperation getOperation();

	/**
	 * Returns the receiver that should be used for calling the feature.
	 * @return the receiver expression, or {@code null} if no receiver.
	 */
	XExpression getReceiver();

	/**
	 * Returns the argument that should be used for calling the feature.
	 * @return the argument expression, or {@code null} if none.
	 */
	XExpression getArgument();

}
