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

import org.apache.flex.compiler.definitions.metadata.IMetaTagAttribute;

/**
 * An AST node representing an embedded asset.
 * <p>
 * When a variable has <code>[Embed]</code> metadata,
 * an <code>IEmbedNode</code> is created to represent the initial value
 * of the variable.
 * <p>
 * For example,
 * <pre>
 * [Embed("flag.jpg")]
 * public var flag:Class;
 * </pre>
 * is represented by
 * <pre>
 * IVariableNode
 *   IMetaTagsNode
 *     IMetaTagNode "Embed"
 *   INamespaceDecorationNode "public"
 *   IKeywordNode "var"
 *   IIdentifierNode "flag"
 *   IIdentifierNode "Class"
 *   IEmbedNode
 * </pre>
 * This node has no children.
 */
public interface IEmbedNode extends IExpressionNode
{
    /**
     * Gets the attributes associated with the IEmbedNode
     * 
     * @return an array of IMetaTagAttributes
     */
    IMetaTagAttribute[] getAttributes();
}