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

import org.apache.flex.compiler.definitions.IParameterDefinition;
import org.apache.flex.compiler.tree.as.IASNode;
import org.apache.flex.compiler.tree.as.IFunctionCallNode;

/**
 * This AST node represents an MXML tag or attribute which specifies
 * event-handling code.
 * <p>
 * An {@link IMXMLEventSpecifierNode} has N child nodes representing the
 * ActionScript statements specified to handle the event. For example, for an
 * event attribute such as <code>click="doThis(event); doThat(event)"</code>,
 * the two children would be {@link IFunctionCallNode} objects.
 */
public interface IMXMLEventSpecifierNode extends IMXMLSpecifierNode
{
    /**
     * Gets the event-handling code as parsed ActionScript nodes.
     * 
     * @return The value as an array of {@link IASNode} objects.
     */
    IASNode[] getASNodes();

    /**
     * Gets the definition of the <code>event</code> argument of the implied
     * event handler method.
     * 
     * @return An {@link IParameterDefinition} object.
     */
    IParameterDefinition getEventParameterDefinition();

    /**
     * Determines whether the autogenerated event handler must be public.
     * 
     * @return <code>true</code> if a public handler is required.
     */
    boolean needsPublicHandler();
}