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* Copyright (c) 2008 IBM Corporation and others.
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*
* Contributors:
* IBM - Initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.indexer;
import org.eclipse.cdt.core.parser.IScannerInfo;
import org.eclipse.cdt.core.parser.IScannerInfoProvider;
/**
* Similar to IScannerInfoProvider but computes the IScannerInfo
* based on a String path instead of IResource.
*
* @see IScannerInfoProvider
*/
public interface IStandaloneScannerInfoProvider {
/**
* Returns an IScannerInfo for the given file path,
* or an empty IScannerInfo object if the file path is invalid.
*/
IScannerInfo getScannerInformation(String path);
/**
* Returns an IScannerInfo when you don't necessary have access to a path.
*
* This is used by the "parse up front" feature. Since we are parsing
* files outside of the project a "default" IScannerInfo object
* is needed to get the minimal amount of available info in order
* to parse the file.
* @param linkageID
*/
IScannerInfo getDefaultScannerInformation(int linkageID);
}