/*
* Copyright 2012, the Dart project authors.
*
* Licensed under the Eclipse Public License v1.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
* in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
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*
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*/
package com.google.dart.engine.ast;
import com.google.dart.engine.element.Element;
import java.util.List;
/**
* The abstract class {@code Declaration} defines the behavior common to nodes that represent the
* declaration of a name. Each declared name is visible within a name scope.
*
* @coverage dart.engine.ast
*/
public abstract class Declaration extends AnnotatedNode {
/**
* Initialize a newly created declaration.
*
* @param comment the documentation comment associated with this declaration
* @param metadata the annotations associated with this declaration
*/
public Declaration(Comment comment, List<Annotation> metadata) {
super(comment, metadata);
}
/**
* Return the element associated with this declaration, or {@code null} if either this node
* corresponds to a list of declarations or if the AST structure has not been resolved.
*
* @return the element associated with this declaration
*/
public abstract Element getElement();
}