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package org.jbpm.pvm.internal.type;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.jbpm.pvm.internal.util.ReflectUtil;


/** a variable type.
 * @author Tom Baeyens
 */
public class Type implements Serializable {

  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
  
  protected String name;
  protected Converter converter;
  protected Class<?> variableClass;

  public String toString() {
    if (name!=null) {
      return name;
    }
    StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder();
    if (converter!=null) {
      text.append(converter.toString());
      text.append("-->");
    }
    if (variableClass!=null) {
      text.append(ReflectUtil.getUnqualifiedClassName(variableClass));
    } else {
      text.append("undefined");
    }
    return text.toString();
  }
  
  public Converter getConverter() {
    return converter;
  }
  public void setConverter(Converter converter) {
    this.converter = converter;
  }
  public Class< ? > getVariableClass() {
    return variableClass;
  }
  public void setVariableClass(Class< ? > variableClass) {
    this.variableClass = variableClass;
  }
  public String getName() {
    return name;
  }
  public void setName(String name) {
    this.name = name;
  }
}