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package org.eclipse.ptp.debug.core.pdi.manager;

import org.eclipse.ptp.core.util.BitList;
import org.eclipse.ptp.debug.core.pdi.PDIException;
import org.eclipse.ptp.debug.core.pdi.model.IPDIArgument;
import org.eclipse.ptp.debug.core.pdi.model.IPDIArgumentDescriptor;
import org.eclipse.ptp.debug.core.pdi.model.IPDIGlobalVariable;
import org.eclipse.ptp.debug.core.pdi.model.IPDIGlobalVariableDescriptor;
import org.eclipse.ptp.debug.core.pdi.model.IPDILocalVariable;
import org.eclipse.ptp.debug.core.pdi.model.IPDILocalVariableDescriptor;
import org.eclipse.ptp.debug.core.pdi.model.IPDIStackFrame;
import org.eclipse.ptp.debug.core.pdi.model.IPDIThread;
import org.eclipse.ptp.debug.core.pdi.model.IPDIThreadStorage;
import org.eclipse.ptp.debug.core.pdi.model.IPDIThreadStorageDescriptor;
import org.eclipse.ptp.debug.core.pdi.model.IPDIVariable;
import org.eclipse.ptp.debug.core.pdi.model.IPDIVariableDescriptor;


/**
 * Represent expression manager to manage processes
 * @author clement
 *
 */
public interface IPDIVariableManager extends IPDIManager {
	public IPDIArgument createArgument(IPDIArgumentDescriptor argDesc) throws PDIException;
	public IPDIGlobalVariable createGlobalVariable(IPDIGlobalVariableDescriptor varDesc) throws PDIException;
	public IPDILocalVariable createLocalVariable(IPDILocalVariableDescriptor varDesc) throws PDIException;
	public IPDIArgumentDescriptor[] getArgumentDescriptors(IPDIStackFrame frame) throws PDIException;
	public IPDILocalVariableDescriptor[] getLocalVariableDescriptors(IPDIStackFrame frame) throws PDIException;
	public IPDIVariable getVariableByName(BitList tasks, String varname);
	public IPDIGlobalVariableDescriptor getGlobalVariableDescriptor(BitList tasks, String filename, String function, String name) throws PDIException;
	public IPDIThreadStorage createThreadStorage(IPDIThreadStorageDescriptor desc) throws PDIException;
	public IPDIThreadStorageDescriptor[] getThreadStorageDescriptors(IPDIThread thread) throws PDIException;
	public void destroyVariable(IPDIVariable variable) throws PDIException;
	public IPDIVariable createVariable(IPDIVariableDescriptor varDesc) throws PDIException;
	
	/**
	 * @param varDesc
	 * @param start
	 * @param length
	 * @return
	 * @throws PDIException
	 */
	public IPDIVariableDescriptor getVariableDescriptorAsArray(IPDIVariableDescriptor varDesc, int start, int length) throws PDIException;
	
	/**
	 * @param varDesc
	 * @param type
	 * @return
	 * @throws PDIException
	 */
	public IPDIVariableDescriptor getVariableDescriptorAsType(IPDIVariableDescriptor varDesc, String type) throws PDIException;

	/**
	 * @param qTasks
	 * @param vars
	 * @throws PDIException
	 */
	public void update(BitList qTasks, String[] vars) throws PDIException;
}