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 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package net.sourceforge.phpdt.internal.core.jdom;

/**
 * The <coe>ILineSeparatorFinder</code> finds previous and next line separators
 * in source.
 */
public interface ILineStartFinder {
	/**
	 * Returns the position of the start of the line at or before the given
	 * source position.
	 * 
	 * <p>
	 * This defaults to zero if the position corresponds to a position on the
	 * first line of the source.
	 */
	public int getLineStart(int position);
}