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

/**
 * Represents an initializer. The corresponding syntactic units are
 * InstanceInitializer (JLS2 8.6) and StaticDeclaration (JLS2 8.7). An
 * initializer has no children and its parent is a type.
 * <p>
 * This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
 * </p>
 */
public interface IDOMInitializer extends IDOMMember {
	/**
	 * Returns the body of this initializer. The syntax for a body corresponds
	 * to InstanceInitializer (JLS2 8.6) and StaticDeclaration (JLS2 8.7).
	 * 
	 * @return an initializer body, including braces, or <code>null</code> if
	 *         no body is present
	 */
	public String getBody();

	/**
	 * The <code>IDOMInitializer</code> refinement of this
	 * <code>IDOMNode</code> method returns <code>null</code>. An
	 * initializer does not have a name.
	 */
	public String getName();

	/**
	 * Sets the body of this initializer. The syntax for a body corresponds to
	 * InstanceInitializer (JLS2 8.6) and StaticDeclaration (JLS2 8.7). No
	 * formatting or syntax checking is performed on the body. Braces <b>must</b>
	 * be included.
	 * 
	 * @param body
	 *            an initializer body, including braces, or <code>null</code>
	 *            indicating no body
	 */
	public void setBody(String body);

	/**
	 * The <code>IDOMInitializer</code> refinement of this
	 * <code>IDOMNode</code> method does nothing.
	 */
	public void setName(String name);
}