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package com.sun.tools.internal.xjc.outline;

import com.sun.tools.internal.xjc.generator.bean.ImplStructureStrategy;

/**

 * Sometimes a single JAXB-generated bean spans across multiple Java classes/interfaces.

 * We call them "aspects of a bean".

 *

 * <p>

 * This is an enumeration of all possible aspects.

 *

 * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi

 *

 * TODO: move this to the model package

 */

public enum Aspect {

    /**

     * The exposed part of the bean.

     * <p>

     * This corresponds to the content interface when we are geneting one.

     * This would be the same as the {@link #IMPLEMENTATION} when we are

     * just generating beans.

     *

     * <p>

     * This could be an interface, or it could be a class.

     *

     * We don't have any other {@link ImplStructureStrategy} at this point,

     * but generally you can't assume anything about where this could be

     * or whether that's equal to {@link #IMPLEMENTATION}.

     */

    EXPOSED,

    /**

     * The part of the bean that holds all the implementations.

     *

     * <p>

     * This is always a class, never an interface.

     */

    IMPLEMENTATION

}