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package org.jetbrains.mps.openapi.language;

import jetbrains.mps.util.annotation.ToRemove;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
import org.jetbrains.mps.openapi.model.SNode;

/**
 * Represents a concept property
 */
public interface SProperty extends SConceptFeature {
  /**
   * Returns a name of this property
   * Though in 3.2 the name is still used as id in some cases, it should be treated only as a user-friendly text representation.
   * Although this method is identical to {@link SConceptFeature#getName()}, it is left here until we find a way to migrate references to
   * this method in MPS models from <code>SProperty.getName</code> to <code>SConceptFeature.getName</code>
   */
  @Override
  @NotNull
  String getName();

  //left for compatibility with "interpreting" code
  //use SProperty in code instead
  @Nullable
  @Deprecated
  @ToRemove(version = 3.4)
  SNode getDeclarationNode();

  /**
   * @return {@link SDataType} of the given SProperty
   */
//  @NotNull
  SDataType getType();

  /**
   * Will be used to check validity of potential values.
   */
  boolean isValid(String value);
}
