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+/* Declarable Copyright (C) 1999 Jochen Hoenicke.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ * any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+ * the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ *
+ * $Id$
+ */
+
+package jode.decompiler;
+
+/**
+ * This is the interface for objects, that a method can declare
+ */
+public interface Declarable {
+    /**
+     * Get the name of this declarable.
+     */
+    public String getName();
+
+    /**
+     * Set the name of this local.
+     */
+    public void makeNameUnique();
+
+    public void dumpDeclaration(TabbedPrintWriter writer)
+        throws java.io.IOException;
+}