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package org.apache.flex.compiler.definitions;
import org.apache.flex.compiler.projects.ICompilerProject;
/**
* A definition representing a <code>const</code> declaration.
* <p>
* An <code>IConstantDefinition</code is created from an <code>IVariableNode</code>
* for which <code>isConst()</code> is <code>true</code>.
* <p>
* For example, the declaration
* <pre>public const N:int = 1;</pre>
* creates a constant definition whose base name is <code>"N"</code>,
* whose namespace reference is to the <code>public</code> namespace,
* and whose type reference is named <code>"int"</code>.
* <p>
* A constant definition is contained within a file scope, a package scope,
* a class scope, an interface scope, or a function scope;
* it does not contain a scope.
*/
public interface IConstantDefinition extends IVariableDefinition
{
/**
* Try to calculate the constant value for this ConstantDefinition.
*
* @param project the project to use to resolve the intializer
* @return the constant value of this definition, or null if one can't be
* determined.
*/
Object resolveValue(ICompilerProject project);
}