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| * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0. |
| * |
| * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.dltk.core; |
| |
| /** |
| * Represents a local variable declared in a method or an initializer. |
| * <code>ILocalVariable</code> are pseudo-elements created as the result of a |
| * <code>ICodeAssist.codeSelect(...)</code> operation. They are not part of the |
| * Java model (<code>exists()</code> returns whether the parent exists rather |
| * than whether the local variable exists in the parent) and they are not |
| * included in the children of an <code>IMethod</code> or an |
| * <code>IInitializer</code>. |
| * <p> |
| * In particular such a pseudo-element should not be used as a handle. For |
| * example its name range won't be updated if the underlying source changes. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @since 3.0 |
| * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. |
| */ |
| public interface ILocalVariable extends IModelElement, ISourceReference { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the name of this local variable. |
| * |
| * @return the name of this local variable. |
| */ |
| @Override |
| String getElementName(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the source range of this local variable's name. |
| * |
| * @return the source range of this local variable's name |
| */ |
| @Override |
| ISourceRange getNameRange(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the type signature of this local variable. |
| * <p> |
| * The type signature may be either unresolved (for source types) or |
| * resolved (for binary types), and either basic (for basic types) or rich |
| * (for parameterized types). |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @return the type signature of this local variable. |
| * @see Signature |
| */ |
| String getType(); |
| } |