/*
* Copyright (c) 2012, the Dart project authors.
*
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package com.google.dart.engine.element;
/**
* The interface {@code ElementLocation} defines the behavior of objects that represent the location
* of an element within the element model.
*
* @coverage dart.engine.element
*/
public interface ElementLocation {
/**
* Return the path to the element whose location is represented by this object. Clients must not
* modify the returned array.
*
* @return the path to the element whose location is represented by this object
*/
public String[] getComponents();
/**
* Return an encoded representation of this location that can be used to create a location that is
* equal to this location.
*
* @return an encoded representation of this location
*/
public String getEncoding();
}