Traceable.java

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package org.powermock.api.mockito.repackaged.asm.util;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * An attribute that can print eadable representation of the attribute.
 * 
 * Implementation should construct readable output from an attribute data
 * structures for current attribute state. Such representation could be used in
 * unit test assertions.
 * 
 * @author Eugene Kuleshov
 */
public interface Traceable {

    /**
     * Build a human readable representation of the attribute.
     * 
     * @param buf A buffer used for printing Java code.
     * @param labelNames map of label instances to their names.
     */
    void trace(StringBuffer buf, Map labelNames);
}