ISourceModelElement.java

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package org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.model;

/**
 * Common protocol for all {@link IModelElement}s related to source code.
 * @author Torsten Juergeleit
 * @author Christian Dupuis
 */
public interface ISourceModelElement extends IResourceModelElement {

	/**
	 * Returns the element's source code element.
	 */
	IResourceModelElement getElementSourceElement();

	/**
	 * Returns the element's source code information.
	 */
	IModelSourceLocation getElementSourceLocation();

	/**
	 * Returns the line number with the start of the element's source code.
	 */
	int getElementStartLine();
	
	/**
	 * Returns the line number with the logical end of the element's source
	 * code.
	 */
	int getElementEndLine();
}