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package org.apache.flex.compiler.internal.definitions.references;

import org.apache.flex.abc.semantics.Name;
import org.apache.flex.compiler.common.DependencyType;
import org.apache.flex.compiler.definitions.IDefinition;
import org.apache.flex.compiler.definitions.references.IReference;
import org.apache.flex.compiler.internal.scopes.ASScope;
import org.apache.flex.compiler.projects.ICompilerProject;

/**
 * Implementation of {@link IReference} representing the presence of a type
 * annotation that can not possibly be resolved to a type. An example would be:
 * 
 * <pre>
 * class C extends a.b.c.d.Foo
 * {
 * }
 * </pre>
 * 
 * If <code>a.b.c.d</code> is not a package name, then a
 * <code>NotATypeReference</code> is used to represent the reference. This is
 * because a property access will be an error, but we have to remember that
 * something was specified for the base class so we can report the correct error
 * when we try and resolve it.
 */
public class NotATypeReference implements IReference
{
    /**
     * Constructor.
     */
    public NotATypeReference(String name)
    {
        this.name = name;
    }

    private final String name;

    @Override
    public String getName()
    {
        return name;
    }

    @Override
    public IDefinition resolve(ICompilerProject project, ASScope scope,
                               DependencyType dependencyType,
                               boolean canEscapeWith)
    {
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public String getDisplayString()
    {
        return getName();
    }

    @Override
    public Name getMName(ICompilerProject project, ASScope scope)
    {
        return null;
    }
}