/* ClassDeclarer Copyright (C) 1999-2002 Jochen Hoenicke.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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 * 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.
 *
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 * $Id$
 */

package net.sf.jode.decompiler;
import net.sf.jode.bytecode.ClassInfo;
import net.sf.jode.bytecode.ClassPath;
import net.sf.jode.type.GenericParameterType;

/**
 * This is the interface for objects, that a method can declare
 */
public interface ClassDeclarer {
    /**
     * Get the parent of this ClassDeclarer.
     * @return null if this is the outermost instance.
     */
    public ClassDeclarer getParent();
    
    /**
     * Get the current class path.
     * @return the current class path.
     */
    public ClassPath getClassPath();

    /**
     * Get the class analyzer for the given anonymous class info.  It
     * will search it in the classes we declare and in the parent
     * class declarer.
     * @return null if the class analyzer doesn't yet exists.  
     */
    public ClassAnalyzer getClassAnalyzer(ClassInfo ci);


    /**
     * Gets the generic type for the given named generic.
     * @param name  the name of the generic, e.g. K.
     * @return the generic type for the named generic.
     */
    public GenericParameterType getGenericType(String name);

    public void addClassAnalyzer(ClassAnalyzer classAna);
}