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package org.apache.flex.swc.dita;

import java.util.List;

import org.apache.flex.compiler.asdoc.IASDocComment;
import org.apache.flex.compiler.definitions.IDefinition;

/**
 * An IDITAList represents the entries contained within the DITA manifest for a given SWC
 */
public interface IDITAList
{
    /**
     * Returns all of the {@link IDITAEntry} elements contained within this SWC
     */
    List<IDITAEntry> getEntries();
    
    /**
     * Returns true if this list contains any entries
     */
    boolean hasEntries(); 
    
    /**
     * Returns the IDITAEntry for the given package.
     * @param packageName the package name we want to find an {@link IDITAEntry} for
     * @return an {@link IDITAEntry} or null
     */
    IDITAEntry getEntry(String packageName);
    
    /**
     * Returns an {@link IASDocComment} for the given {@link IDefinition} we are looking for.  This method will first check for a matching package entry based on the information
     * in the {@link IDefinition}, and seek in appropriately.  This is a convenience method for first calling getEntry, and then {@link IDITAList#getComment(IDefinition)}
     * @param definition the {@link IDefinition} we are looking at
     * @return an {@link IASDocComment} or null
     * @throws Exception an exception if any errors occur.  These can include IO errors among others
     */
    IASDocComment getComment(IDefinition definition) throws Exception;
}