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* Copyright (c) 2012-2017 Codenvy, S.A.
* 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
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*
* Contributors:
* Codenvy, S.A. - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.che.ide.ext.java.shared.dto.model;
/**
* Common protocol for all elements provided by the Java model.
* All model inspired by Eclipse JDT Java Model.
*
* @author Evgen Vidolob
*/
public interface JavaElement {
/**
* Returns the name of this element. This is a handle-only method.
*
* @return the element name
*/
String getElementName();
void setElementName(String name);
/**
* Returns a string representation of this element handle. The format of
* the string is not specified; however, the identifier is stable across
* workspace sessions, and can be used to recreate this handle via the
* <code>JavaCore.create(String)</code> method.
*
* @return the string handle identifier
*/
String getHandleIdentifier();
void setHandleIdentifier(String identifier);
}