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

/**
 * An AST node representing a <code>break</code>, <code>continue</code>,
 * or <code>goto</code> statement.
 * <p>
 * The shape of this node is:
 * <pre>
 * IIterationFlowNode 
 *   IIdentifierNode <-- getLabelNode()
 * </pre>
 * For example, <pre>continue label1;</pre> is represented as
 * <pre>
 * IIterationFlowNode "continue"
 *   IIdentifierNode "label1"
 * </pre>
 * If there is no label, the child node is not present.
 */
public interface IIterationFlowNode extends IASNode
{
    /**
     * An IterationFlowKind represents a kind of iteration control statement
     */
    enum IterationFlowKind
    {
        /**
         * Represents a continue statement
         */
        CONTINUE,

        /**
         * Represents a break statement
         */
        BREAK,

        /**
         * Represents a goto statement
         */
        GOTO
    }

    /**
     * Represents an optional label on the IIterationFlowNode
     * 
     * @return an {@link IIdentifierNode} or null
     */
    IIdentifierNode getLabelNode();

    /**
     * Represents an {@link IterationFlowKind}
     * 
     * @return a {@link IterationFlowKind}
     */
    IterationFlowKind getKind();
}