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package org.apache.royale.compiler.definitions.references;

import org.apache.royale.compiler.common.DependencyType;
import org.apache.royale.compiler.definitions.IDefinition;
import org.apache.royale.compiler.scopes.IASScope;
import org.apache.royale.compiler.projects.ICompilerProject;

/**
 * An IReference represents a reference-by-name to an
 * {@link IDefinition}.
 * 
 * References are used by the various definition classes to refer to other
 * definitions; for example, ClassDefinition stores a reference to
 * its base class and VariableDefinition stores a reference to its
 * type.
 * 

 * A reference can resolve to different definitions in different projects. For
 * example, a reference to the Object class might resolve to the
 * Object class from playerglobal.swc in a web project
 * and to the Object class from airglobal.swc in an
 * AIR project.
 * 

 * There are a variety of implementations of this interface that represent
 * different kinds of references, such as unqualified names, multinames, etc.
 * 

 * To construct an {@link IReference}, use the methods in
 * {@link ReferenceFactory}.
 */
public interface IReference
{
    /**
     * Gets the base name for this reference.
     * 
     * @return The base name as a String.
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * Resolves the reference to its {@link IDefinition} in the given project
     * and scope.
     * 
     * @param project The project in which to resolve the reference.
     * @param scope The scope where the resolution is occurring.
     * @param dependencyType The type of dependency to introduce if the reference
     * resolves outside of the compilation unit.
     * @param canEscapeWith Whether the resolution should look past a
     * with scope.
     * @return The {@link IDefinition} the reference resolves to.
     */
    IDefinition resolve(ICompilerProject project, IASScope scope,
                        DependencyType dependencyType,
                        boolean canEscapeWith);

    /**
     * Gets a string representation of this reference suitable for display
     * in the description of a compiler problem.
     */
    String getDisplayString();

}