IQualifiedNameUpdating.java

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package org.eclipse.jdt.internal.corext.refactoring.tagging;

public interface IQualifiedNameUpdating {

	/**
	 * Performs a dynamic check whether this refactoring object is capable of
	 * updating qualified names in non Java files. The return value of this
	 * method may change according to the state of the refactoring.
	 */
	public boolean canEnableQualifiedNameUpdating();

	/**
	 * If <code>canEnableQualifiedNameUpdating</code> returns <code>true</code>,
	 * then this method is used to ask the refactoring object whether references
	 * in non Java files should be updated. This call can be ignored if
	 * <code>canEnableQualifiedNameUpdating</code> returns <code>false</code>.
	 */
	public boolean getUpdateQualifiedNames();

	/**
	 * If <code>canEnableQualifiedNameUpdating</code> returns <code>true</code>,
	 * then this method is used to inform the refactoring object whether
	 * references in non Java files should be updated. This call can be ignored
	 * if <code>canEnableQualifiedNameUpdating</code> returns <code>false</code>.
	 */
	public void setUpdateQualifiedNames(boolean update);

	public String getFilePatterns();

	public void setFilePatterns(String patterns);
}