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package org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.internal.corext.refactoring.tagging;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
import org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.RefactoringStatus;
/**
* Represents processors in the JDT space that rename elements.
*/
public interface INameUpdating {
/**
* Sets new name for the entity that this refactoring is working on.
*/
public void setNewElementName(String newName);
/**
* Get the name for the entity that this refactoring is working on.
*/
public String getNewElementName();
/**
* Gets the current name of the entity that this refactoring is working on.
*/
public String getCurrentElementName();
/**
* Gets the original elements. Since an <code>INameUpdating</code> only renames one element,
* this method must return an array containing exactly one element.
* @return an array containing exactly one element
* @see org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.participants.RefactoringProcessor#getElements()
*/
public Object[] getElements();
/**
* Gets the element after renaming, or <code>null</code> if not available.
*/
public Object getNewElement() throws CoreException;
/**
* Checks if the new name is valid for the entity that this refactoring renames.
*/
public RefactoringStatus checkNewElementName(String newName) throws CoreException;
}