/*

 * Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Júlio Vilmar Gesser.

 * Copyright (C) 2011, 2013-2021 The JavaParser Team.

 *

 * This file is part of JavaParser.

 *

 * JavaParser can be used either under the terms of

 * a) the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by

 *     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or

 *     (at your option) any later version.

 * b) the terms of the Apache License

 *

 * You should have received a copy of both licenses in LICENCE.LGPL and

 * LICENCE.APACHE. Please refer to those files for details.

 *

 * JavaParser is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

 */

package com.github.javaparser.resolution.declarations;

/**

 * Declaration of a pattern expression.

 * <p>

 * WARNING: Implemented fairly blindly. Unsure if required or even appropriate. Use with extreme caution.

 *

 * @author Roger Howell

 * @see com.github.javaparser.ast.expr.PatternExpr

 */

public interface ResolvedPatternDeclaration extends ResolvedValueDeclaration {

    @Override

    default boolean isPattern() {

        return true;

    }

    @Override

    default ResolvedPatternDeclaration asPattern() {

        return this;

    }

    @Override

    default boolean hasName() {

        return true;

    }

    default String describeType() {

        return getType().describe();

    }

}