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  25 
  26 package com.sun.tools.internal.xjc.api;
  27 
  28 import java.util.List;
  29 
  30 import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
  31 
  32 /**
  33  * The in-memory representation of the JAXB binding.
  34  *
  35  * @author
  36  *     Kohsuke Kawaguchi (kohsuke.kawaguchi@sun.com)
  37  */
  38 public interface JAXBModel {
  39 
  40     /**
  41      * Returns a list of fully-qualified class names, which should
  42      * be used at the runtime to create a new {@link JAXBContext}.
  43      *
  44      * <p>
  45      * Until the JAXB team fixes the bootstrapping issue, we have
  46      * two bootstrapping methods. This one is to use a list of class names
  47      * to call {@link JAXBContext#newInstance(Class[])} method. If
  48      * this method returns non-null, the caller is expected to use
  49      * that method. <b>This is meant to be a temporary workaround.</b>
  50      *
  51      * @return
  52      *      non-null read-only list.
  53      *
  54      * @deprecated
  55      *      this method is provided for now to allow gradual migration for JAX-RPC.
  56      */
  57     List<String> getClassList();
  58 
  59 }