/*
* Copyright (c) 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.element;
import com.google.dart.engine.type.Type;
/**
* The interface {@code MultiplyDefinedElement} defines the behavior of pseudo-elements that
* represent multiple elements defined within a single scope that have the same name. This situation
* is not allowed by the language, so objects implementing this interface always represent an error.
* As a result, most of the normal operations on elements do not make sense and will return useless
* results.
*
* @coverage dart.engine.element
*/
public interface MultiplyDefinedElement extends Element {
/**
* Return an array containing all of the elements that were defined within the scope to have the
* same name.
*
* @return the elements that were defined with the same name
*/
public Element[] getConflictingElements();
/**
* Return the type of this element as the dynamic type.
*
* @return the type of this element as the dynamic type
*/
public Type getType();
}