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| * Copyright (c) 2000, 2008 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.IVariable; |
| |
| /** |
| * A local variable, field slot, or receiver (this) in a Java virtual machine. |
| * @see org.eclipse.debug.core.model.IVariable |
| * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. |
| * @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients. |
| */ |
| public interface IJavaVariable extends IVariable, IJavaModifiers { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the JNI-style signature for the declared type of this |
| * variable, or <code>null</code> if the type associated with the |
| * signature is not yet loaded in the target VM. |
| * |
| * @return signature, or <code>null</code> if not accessible |
| * @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> |
| * <li>The type associated with the signature is not yet loaded</li></ul> |
| */ |
| public String getSignature() throws DebugException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the generic signature as defined in the JVM |
| * specification for the declared type of this variable, |
| * or <code>null</code> if the type associated with the |
| * signature is not yet loaded in the target VM. |
| * Returns the same value as #getSignature() if the declared type |
| * of this variable is not a generic type. |
| * |
| * @return generic signature, or <code>null</code> if not accessible |
| * @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> |
| * <li>The type associated with the signature is not yet loaded</li></ul> |
| * @since 3.1 |
| */ |
| public String getGenericSignature() throws DebugException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the declared type of this variable. |
| * |
| * @return the declared type of this variable |
| * @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> |
| * <li>The type associated with the signature is not yet loaded</li></ul> |
| * @since 2.0 |
| */ |
| public IJavaType getJavaType() throws DebugException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns whether this variable is local. |
| * |
| * @return whether this variable is a local variable |
| * @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> |
| * @since 2.1 |
| */ |
| public boolean isLocal() throws DebugException; |
| |
| } |
| |
| |