net.sourceforge.phpeclipse/src/net/sourceforge/phpdt/internal/compiler/lookup/Binding.java

   1 /*******************************************************************************
   2  * Copyright (c) 2000, 2003 IBM Corporation and others.
   3  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
   4  * are made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0
   5  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
   6  * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html
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   8  * Contributors:
   9  *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
  10  *******************************************************************************/
  11 package net.sourceforge.phpdt.internal.compiler.lookup;
  12
  13 public abstract class Binding implements BindingIds, CompilerModifiers,
  14                 ProblemReasons {
  15         /*
  16          * API Answer the receiver's binding type from Binding.BindingID.
  17          *
  18          * Note: Do NOT expect this to be used very often... only in switch
  19          * statements with more than 2 possible choices.
  20          */
  21         public abstract int bindingType();
  22
  23         /*
  24          * API Answer true if the receiver is not a problem binding
  25          */
  26
  27         public final boolean isValidBinding() {
  28                 return problemId() == NoError;
  29         }
  30
  31         /*
  32          * API Answer the problem id associated with the receiver. NoError if the
  33          * receiver is a valid binding.
  34          */
  35
  36         public int problemId() {
  37                 return NoError;
  38         }
  39
  40         /*
  41          * Answer a printable representation of the receiver.
  42          */
  43         public abstract char[] readableName();
  44
  45         /*
  46          * Shorter printable representation of the receiver (no qualified type)
  47          */
  48         public char[] shortReadableName() {
  49                 return readableName();
  50         }
  51 }