/*
 * Copyright (c) 2008 Declarative Engineering LLC.
 * All rights reserved.  This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Declarative Engineering LLC
 * verson 1 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://declarativeengineering.com/legal/DE_Developer_License_v1.txt
 */
package com.foundation.view.builder;

import com.common.util.IList;
import com.foundation.util.xml.IElement;

public interface IClassMetadataLoader {
/**
 * Locates the metadata for the method in either the defining type of one of the classes or interfaces it inherits from, and retrieves the result type.
 * @param definingType The class to start the search from.  This class's super classes and interfaces will be recursively searched until a signature match is found.
 * @param methodName The name of the method.
 * @param methodSignature The signature of the method.  This must be in class file format or it may be null if the method has no parameters.
 * @param feedbackStack The optional stack of feedback Message instances to use when generating errors and warnings.
 * @param debugElement The optional document element used to identify exactly where in the VML source the error occured.
 * @return The result class name.  This will be in java source format (eg: java.lang.Object[] or int[][]).  The result will never be null.
 */
public String getMethodReturnType(String definingType, String methodName, String methodSignature, IList feedbackStack, IElement debugElement) throws ClassNotFoundException;
}//IClassMetadataLoader//