common/plugins/org.eclipse.jpt.common.core/src/org/eclipse/jpt/common/core/resource/java/JavaResourceMember.java

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package org.eclipse.jpt.common.core.resource.java;

import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.CompilationUnit;

/**
 * Java source code or binary persistent member.
 * <p>
 * Provisional API: This interface is part of an interim API that is still
 * under development and expected to change significantly before reaching
 * stability. It is available at this early stage to solicit feedback from
 * pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API
 * will almost certainly be broken (repeatedly) as the API evolves.
 * 
 * @version 3.0
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface JavaResourceMember
	extends JavaResourceAnnotatedElement
{
	String getName();

	// ********** annotations **********
	
	/**
	 * Sets the specified primary annotation as the first annotation, and removes all known 
	 * annotations (i.e. does not remove non-persistence annotations) which are not included
	 * in the supporting annotations.
	 */
	Annotation setPrimaryAnnotation(String primaryAnnotationName, Iterable<String> supportingAnnotationNames);



	// ********** modifiers **********

	/**
	 * Return whether the member is final.
	 */
	boolean isFinal();
		String FINAL_PROPERTY = "final"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	boolean isTransient();
		String TRANSIENT_PROPERTY = "transient"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	boolean isPublic();
		String PUBLIC_PROPERTY = "public"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	boolean isStatic();
		String STATIC_PROPERTY = "static"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	boolean isProtected();
		String PROTECTED_PROPERTY = "protected"; //$NON-NLS-1$


	// ********** queries **********

	/**
	 * Return whether the Java resource member is for the specified
	 * member.
	 */
	boolean isFor(String memberName, int occurrence);


	// ********** behavior **********
	
	/**
	 * Resolve type information that could be dependent on changes elsewhere
	 * in the workspace.
	 */
	void resolveTypes(CompilationUnit astRoot);

	/**
	 * Return whether the Java resource member is public or protected
	 */
	boolean isPublicOrProtected();
}