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 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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 *
 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jdt.core.util;

/**
 * Description of a signature attribute as described in the JVM specifications
 * (added in J2SE 1.5).
 *
 * This interface may be implemented by clients.
 *
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface ISignatureAttribute extends IClassFileAttribute {

	/**
	 * Answer back the signature index as described in the JVM specifications.
	 *
	 * @return the signature index as described in the JVM specifications
	 */
	int getSignatureIndex();

	/**
	 * Answer back the signature as described in the JVM specifications.
	 *
	 * @return the signature as described in the JVM specifications
	 */
	char[] getSignature();

}