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| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
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| * Contributors: |
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| package org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core; |
| |
| /** |
| * Common protocol for JavaScript elements that contain other JavaScript elements. |
| * <p> |
| * This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * Provisional API: This class/interface is part of an interim API that is still under development and expected to |
| * change significantly before reaching stability. It is being made 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. |
| */ |
| public interface IParent { |
| /** |
| * Returns the immediate children of this element. |
| * Unless otherwise specified by the implementing element, |
| * the children are in no particular order. |
| * |
| * @exception JavaScriptModelException if this element does not exist or if an |
| * exception occurs while accessing its corresponding resource |
| * @return the immediate children of this element |
| */ |
| IJavaScriptElement[] getChildren() throws JavaScriptModelException; |
| /** |
| * Returns whether this element has one or more immediate children. |
| * This is a convenience method, and may be more efficient than |
| * testing whether <code>getChildren</code> is an empty array. |
| * |
| * @exception JavaScriptModelException if this element does not exist or if an |
| * exception occurs while accessing its corresponding resource |
| * @return true if the immediate children of this element, false otherwise |
| */ |
| boolean hasChildren() throws JavaScriptModelException; |
| } |
