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 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
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package org.eclipse.dltk.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 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 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();
}
