package com.aptana.editor.php.internal.ui.editor;

import java.util.Iterator;

import org2.eclipse.dltk.compiler.problem.CategorizedProblem;

/**
 * Interface of annotations representing markers and problems.
 * 
 * @see org.eclipse.core.resources.IMarker
 * @see org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.IProblem
 */
public interface IScriptAnnotation
{

	/**
	 * @see org.eclipse.jface.text.source.Annotation#getType()
	 */
	String getType();

	/**
	 * @see org.eclipse.jface.text.source.Annotation#isPersistent()
	 */
	boolean isPersistent();

	/**
	 * @see org.eclipse.jface.text.source.Annotation#isMarkedDeleted()
	 */
	boolean isMarkedDeleted();

	/**
	 * @see org.eclipse.jface.text.source.Annotation#getText()
	 */
	String getText();

	/**
	 * Returns whether this annotation is overlaid.
	 * 
	 * @return <code>true</code> if overlaid
	 */
	boolean hasOverlay();

	/**
	 * Returns the overlay of this annotation.
	 * 
	 * @return the annotation's overlay
	 */
	IScriptAnnotation getOverlay();

	/**
	 * Returns an iterator for iterating over the annotation which are overlaid by this annotation.
	 * 
	 * @return an iterator over the overlaid annotations
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
	Iterator getOverlaidIterator();

	/**
	 * Adds the given annotation to the list of annotations which are overlaid by this annotations.
	 * 
	 * @param annotation
	 *            the problem annotation
	 */
	void addOverlaid(IScriptAnnotation annotation);

	/**
	 * Removes the given annotation from the list of annotations which are overlaid by this annotation.
	 * 
	 * @param annotation
	 *            the problem annotation
	 */
	void removeOverlaid(IScriptAnnotation annotation);

	/**
	 * Tells whether this annotation is a problem annotation.
	 * 
	 * @return <code>true</code> if it is a problem annotation
	 */
	boolean isProblem();

	/**
	 * Returns the compilation unit corresponding to the document on which the annotation is set or <code>null</code> if
	 * no corresponding compilation unit exists.
	 */
	// ISourceModule getSourceModule();

	/**
	 * Returns the problem arguments or <code>null</code> if no problem arguments can be evaluated.
	 * 
	 * @return returns the problem arguments or <code>null</code> if no problem arguments can be evaluated.
	 */
	String[] getArguments();

	/**
	 * Returns the problem id or <code>-1</code> if no problem id can be evaluated.
	 * 
	 * @return returns the problem id or <code>-1</code>
	 */
	int getId();

	/**
	 * Returns the marker type associated to this problem or <code>null<code> if no marker type
	 * can be evaluated. See also {@link CategorizedProblem#getMarkerType()}.
	 * 
	 * @return the type of the marker which would be associated to the problem or <code>null<code> if no marker type can
	 *         be evaluated.
	 */
	String getMarkerType();
}