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* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.env;
/**
* This interface denotes a compilation unit, providing its name and content.
*/
public interface ICompilationUnit extends IDependent {
/**
* Answer the contents of the compilation unit.
*
* In normal use, the contents are requested twice.
* Once during the initial lite parsing step, then again for the
* more detailed parsing step.
* Implementors must never return null - return an empty char[] instead,
* CharOperation.NO_CHAR being the candidate of choice.
*/
char[] getContents();
/**
* Answer the name of the top level public type.
* For example, {Hashtable}.
*/
char[] getMainTypeName();
/**
* Answer the name of the package according to the directory structure
* or null if package consistency checks should be ignored.
* For example, {java, lang}.
*/
char[][] getPackageName();
}