bundles/org.eclipse.jst.jsp.core/src/org/eclipse/jst/jsp/core/internal/contentmodel/tld/provisional/TLDVariable.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2004 IBM Corporation and others.
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 * 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.jst.jsp.core.internal.contentmodel.tld.provisional;

/**
 * Information on the scripting variables defined by this tag.
 * @see  JSP 1.2
 */
public interface TLDVariable {

	/**
	 * Whether the variable is declared or not, true is the default.
	 */
	boolean getDeclare();

	String getDescription();

	/**
	 * The name of an attribute whose (translation time) value will give the name of the variable.
	 */
	String getNameFromAttribute();

	/**
	 * The variable name given as a constant
	 */
	String getNameGiven();
	
	/**
	 * The scope of the scripting variable defined.
	 */
	String getScope();

	/**
	 * Name of the class of the variable, java.lang.String if null
	 */
	String getVariableClass();
}