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* Copyright (c) 2005, 2009 IBM Corporation and others.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* John Camelon (IBM Corporation) - initial API and implementation
* Markus Schorn (Wind River Systems)
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast;
/**
* This interface represents a mechanism for a name to discover more information about it's parent.
* All interfaces that claim ownership/residence of a name should extend this interface.
*
* @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.
* @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
*/
public interface IASTNameOwner {
/**
* Role of name in this context is a declaration.
*/
public static final int r_declaration = 0;
/**
* Role of name in this construct is a reference.
*/
public static final int r_reference = 1;
/**
* Role of name in this construct is a definition.
*/
public static final int r_definition = 2;
/**
* Role is unclear.
*/
public static final int r_unclear = 3;
/**
* Get the role for the name.
*
* @param name the name to determine the role for.
* @return r_definition, r_declaration, r_reference or r_unclear.
*/
public int getRoleForName(IASTName name);
}