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| * Copyright (c) 2000, 2011 IBM Corporation and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
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| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.jdt.debug.core; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.debug.core.DebugException; |
| import org.eclipse.debug.core.model.IDebugElement; |
| |
| /** |
| * The type of a value on a Java debug target - a primitive data type, class, |
| * interface, or array. |
| * <p> |
| * Since 3.2, an <code>IJavaType</code> is also a debug element |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @see IJavaValue |
| * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. |
| * @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients. |
| */ |
| public interface IJavaType extends IDebugElement { |
| /** |
| * Returns the JNI-style signature for this type. |
| * |
| * @return signature |
| * @exception DebugException |
| * if this method fails. Reasons include: |
| * <ul> |
| * <li>Failure communicating with the VM. The |
| * DebugException's status code contains the underlying |
| * exception responsible for the failure.</li> |
| * </ul> |
| */ |
| public String getSignature() throws DebugException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the name of this type. For example, |
| * <code>"java.lang.String"</code>. |
| * |
| * @return the name of this type |
| * @exception DebugException |
| * if this method fails. Reasons include: |
| * <ul> |
| * <li>Failure communicating with the VM. The |
| * DebugException's status code contains the underlying |
| * exception responsible for the failure.</li> |
| * </ul> |
| */ |
| public String getName() throws DebugException; |
| } |