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 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2003 IBM Corporation and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials 
 * are made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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 * 
 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package net.sourceforge.phpdt.core.jdom;

/**
 * Represents a field declaration. The corresponding syntactic units are
 * FieldDeclaration (JLS2 8.3) and ConstantDeclaration (JLS2 9.3) restricted to
 * a single VariableDeclarator clause. A field has no children. The parent of a
 * field is a type.
 * <p>
 * This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
 * </p>
 */
public interface IDOMField extends IDOMMember {
	/**
	 * Returns the initializer expression for this field. The syntax for an
	 * initializer corresponds to VariableInitializer (JLS2 8.3).
	 * <p>
	 * Note: The expression does not include a "<code>=</code>".
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @return the initializer expression, or <code>null</code> if this field
	 *         does not have an initializer
	 */
	public String getInitializer();

	/**
	 * The <code>IDOMField</code> refinement of this <code>IDOMNode</code>
	 * method returns the name of this field. The syntax for the name of a field
	 * corresponds to VariableDeclaratorId (JLS2 8.3).
	 */
	public String getName();

	/**
	 * Returns the type name of this field. The syntax for a type name of a
	 * field corresponds to Type in Field Declaration (JLS2 8.3).
	 * 
	 * @return the type name
	 */
	public String getType();

	/**
	 * Sets the initializer expression for this field. The syntax for an
	 * initializer corresponds to VariableInitializer (JLS2 8.3).
	 * <p>
	 * Note: The expression does not include a "<code>=</code>".
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @param initializer
	 *            the initializer expression, or <code>null</code> indicating
	 *            the field does not have an initializer
	 */
	public void setInitializer(String initializer);

	/**
	 * The <code>IDOMField</code> refinement of this <code>IDOMNode</code>
	 * method sets the name of this field. The syntax for the name of a field
	 * corresponds to VariableDeclaratorId (JLS2 8.3).
	 * 
	 * @exception IllegalArgumentException
	 *                if <code>null</code> is specified
	 */
	public void setName(String name) throws IllegalArgumentException;

	/**
	 * Sets the type name of this field. The syntax for a type name of a field
	 * corresponds to Type in Field Declaration (JLS2 8.3). Type names must be
	 * specified as they should appear in source code. For example:
	 * <code>"String"</code>, <code>"int[]"</code>, or
	 * <code>"java.io.File"</code>.
	 * 
	 * @param typeName
	 *            the type name
	 * @exception IllegalArgumentException
	 *                if <code>null</code> is specified
	 */
	public void setType(String typeName) throws IllegalArgumentException;
}