debug/org.eclipse.ptp.debug.core/cdi/org/eclipse/ptp/debug/core/cdi/model/IPCDIVariableDescriptor.java

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package org.eclipse.ptp.debug.core.cdi.model;

import org.eclipse.ptp.debug.core.aif.IAIF;
import org.eclipse.ptp.debug.core.aif.IAIFType;
import org.eclipse.ptp.debug.core.cdi.PCDIException;

/**
 * @author Clement chu
 * 
 */
public interface IPCDIVariableDescriptor extends IPCDIObject {
	String getName();
	IAIFType getType() throws PCDIException;
	String getTypeName() throws PCDIException;
	int sizeof() throws PCDIException;
	String getQualifiedName() throws PCDIException;
	IPCDIVariableDescriptor getVariableDescriptorAsArray(int start, int length) throws PCDIException;
	IPCDIVariableDescriptor getVariableDescriptorAsType(String type) throws PCDIException;
	boolean equals(IPCDIVariableDescriptor varDesc);

	void setCastingArrayStart(int start);
	int getCastingArrayStart();
	void setCastingArrayEnd(int end);
	int getCastingArrayEnd();
	
	void setAIF(IAIF aif);
	
	//IPCDIVariable[] getVariablesAsArray(int start, int length) throws PCDIException;
	//IPCDIVariable[] getVariables() throws PCDIException;
}