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package org.apache.flex.compiler.tree.as;

import org.apache.flex.compiler.definitions.IClassDefinition;
import org.apache.flex.compiler.definitions.IClassDefinition.ClassClassification;
import org.apache.flex.compiler.definitions.metadata.IMetaTag;

/**
 * This interface contains the APIs that are available for both ActionScript and
 * MXML class nodes.
 * <p>
 * {@code IClassNode} extends this with APIs specific to AS trees and
 * {@code IMXMLClassDefinitionNode} extends this with APIs specific to MXML
 * trees.
 */
public interface ICommonClassNode extends ITypeNode, IDocumentableDefinitionNode
{
    /**
     * Returns the class definition corresponding to this class node.
     */
    @Override
    IClassDefinition getDefinition();

    /**
     * Returns the name of this class' base class, if it exists.
     * 
     * @return the name of the base class, or null
     */
    String getBaseClassName();

    /**
     * Returns the names of any interfaces that this class declares it
     * implements. This does not walk up the inheritance chain.
     * 
     * @return an array of interface names, or an empty array
     */
    String[] getImplementedInterfaces();

    /**
     * Retrieve all of the meta attributes (e.g. [Event("")]) that match the
     * given name in the metadata for this class. This does not walk up the
     * inehritance chain.
     * 
     * @param name name of meta attributes to search for (e.g. Event or
     * IconFile)
     * @return array of meta attributes matching that name (or empty array)
     */
    IMetaTag[] getMetaTagsByName(String name);

    /**
     * Returns the classification of this ActionScript class
     * 
     * @return the {@link ClassClassification} object
     */
    ClassClassification getClassClassification();
}