import default
import semmle.code.java.frameworks.spring.SpringMergable

/** is the superclass of SpringList and SpringSet, which represent <list> and <set>
  * elements in Spring XML files*/
class SpringListOrSet extends SpringMergable {
  SpringListOrSet() { 
    this.getName() = "list" or
    this.getName() = "set"
  }
  /** returns the value of the value-type attribute*/
  string getValueTypeName() {
    result = this.getAttributeValue("value-type")
  }
  /** returns the java RefType (class or interface) that corresponds to the value-type*/
  RefType getValueType() {
    result.getQualifiedName() = this.getValueTypeName()
	}
}