ClassDictionary (OpenDSE SNAPSHOT-20240315 Project API Documentation)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClassDictionaryDefault
```
public interface ClassDictionary
```
The ClassDictionary is used to look up class-related information about the classes modeling elements of the specification, such as their string names.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Class<?>`	`getClass(String name)`	Returns the class associated with the given name
`String`	`getType(Class<?> clazz)`	Returns the (canonical) name of a `Class`.
`boolean`	`hasClassName(String name)`	Returns true iff the given name is in the class map.
`boolean`	`isPrimitive(Class<?> clazz)`	Returns true iff `Class` is part of the primitives.

- Method Detail
  - getType
```
String getType(Class<?> clazz)
```
    Returns the (canonical) name of a Class.
    
    Parameters:
    
    clazz - the Class object
    
    Returns:
    
    the canonical name of the clazz
  - hasClassName
```
boolean hasClassName(String name)
```
    Returns true iff the given name is in the class map.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the given name
    
    Returns:
    
    true iff the given name is in the class map
  - getClass
```
Class<?> getClass(String name)
```
    Returns the class associated with the given name
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the given name
    
    Returns:
    
    the class associated with the given name
  - isPrimitive
```
boolean isPrimitive(Class<?> clazz)
```
    Returns true iff Class is part of the primitives.
    
    Parameters:
    
    clazz - the Class object
    
    Returns:
    
    true iff clazz is a primitive