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 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2003 IBM Corporation and others.
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 * are made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0
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 * 
 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package net.sourceforge.phpdt.core.jdom;

/**
 * An <code>IDOMMember</code> defines functionality common to nodes, which can
 * be members of types.
 * <p>
 * This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @see IDOMType
 * @see IDOMMethod
 * @see IDOMField
 * @see IDOMInitializer
 */
public interface IDOMMember extends IDOMNode {
	/**
	 * Returns the comment associated with this member (including comment
	 * delimiters).
	 * 
	 * @return the comment, or <code>null</code> if this member has no
	 *         associated comment
	 */
	public String getComment();

	/**
	 * Returns the flags for this member. The flags can be examined using the
	 * <code>Flags</code> class.
	 * 
	 * @return the flags
	 * @see net.sourceforge.phpdt.core.Flags
	 */
	public int getFlags();

	/**
	 * Sets the comment associated with this member. The comment will appear
	 * before the member in the source. The comment must be properly formatted,
	 * including delimiters. A <code>null</code> comment indicates no comment.
	 * This member's deprecated flag is automatically set to reflect the
	 * deprecated tag in the comment.
	 * 
	 * @param comment
	 *            the comment, including comment delimiters, or
	 *            <code>null</code> indicating this member should have no
	 *            associated comment
	 * @see #setFlags
	 */
	public void setComment(String comment);

	/**
	 * Sets the flags for this member. The flags can be examined using the
	 * <code>Flags</code> class. The deprecated flag passed in is ignored.
	 * 
	 * @param flags
	 *            the flags
	 * @see net.sourceforge.phpdt.core.Flags
	 */
	public void setFlags(int flags);
}