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 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials 
 * are made available under the terms of the Common 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.wst.jsdt.internal.compiler.env;

public interface ISourceType extends IGenericType {

/**
 * Answer the source end position of the type's declaration.
 */
int getDeclarationSourceEnd();

/**
 * Answer the source start position of the type's declaration.
 */
int getDeclarationSourceStart();

/**
 * Answer the enclosing type
 * or null if the receiver is a top level type.
 */
ISourceType getEnclosingType();

/**
 * Answer the receiver's fields.
 *
 * NOTE: Multiple fields with the same name can exist in the result.
 */
ISourceField[] getFields();

/**
 * Answer the receiver's imports.
 *
 * An import is a qualified, dot separated name.
 * For example, java.util.Hashtable or java.lang.*.
 * A static import used 'static.' as its first fragment, for
 * example: static.java.util.Hashtable.*
 */
ISourceImport[] getImports();

/**
 * Answer the unresolved names of the receiver's interfaces
 * or null if the array is empty.
 *
 * A name is a simple name or a qualified, dot separated name.
 * For example, Hashtable or java.util.Hashtable.
 */
char[][] getInterfaceNames();

/**
 * Answer the receiver's member types.
 */
ISourceType[] getMemberTypes();

/**
 * Answer the receiver's methods.
 *
 * NOTE: Multiple methods with the same name & parameter types can exist in the result.
 */
ISourceMethod[] getMethods();

/**
 * Answer the simple source name of the receiver.
 */
char[] getName();

/**
 * Answer the source end position of the type's name.
 */
int getNameSourceEnd();

/**
 * Answer the source start position of the type's name.
 */
int getNameSourceStart();

/**
 * Answer the qualified name of the receiver's package separated by periods
 * or null if its the default package.
 *
 * For example, {java.util.Hashtable}.
 */
char[] getPackageName();

/**
 * Answer the unresolved name of the receiver's superclass
 * or null if it does not have one.
 *
 * The name is a simple name or a qualified, dot separated name.
 * For example, Hashtable or java.util.Hashtable.
 */
char[] getSuperclassName();
/**
 * Answer the array of bound names of the receiver's type parameters.
 */
char[][][] getTypeParameterBounds();
/**
 * Answer the names of the receiver's type parameters.
 */
char[][] getTypeParameterNames();
}