/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2009, 2011 Alena Laskavaia
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* Alena Laskavaia - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.cdt.codan.core.model;
/**
* Problem element represents problem category {@link IProblemCategory} or
* problem {@link IProblem}
*
* @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.
* @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
*/
public interface IProblemElement extends Cloneable {
/**
* clone method should be implemented to support problem cloning
*
* @see {@link Object#clone}
* @return new object which is copy of this one
*/
Object clone();
/**
* @return problem profile where element belongs, can return null if profile
* is not define for some reason
* @since 2.0
*/
IProblemProfile getProfile();
/**
* @return problem category where element belongs for a give profile, can
* return null if profile is not define
* @since 2.0
*/
IProblemCategory getParentCategory();
}