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package org.eclipse.jdt.core.search;
/**
* A TypeNameMatchRequestor
collects matches from a searchAllTypeNames
* query to a SearchEngine
. Clients must subclass this abstract class and pass an instance to the
* {@link SearchEngine#searchAllTypeNames(
* char[] packageName,
* int packageMatchRule,
* char[] typeName,
* int typeMatchRule,
* int searchFor,
* IJavaSearchScope scope,
* TypeNameMatchRequestor nameMatchRequestor,
* int waitingPolicy,
* org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor monitor)} method.
* Only top-level and member types are reported. Local types are not reported.
*
* While {@link TypeNameRequestor} only reports type names information (e.g. package, enclosing types, simple name, modifiers, etc.),
* this class reports {@link TypeNameMatch} objects instead, which store this information and can return
* an {@link org.eclipse.jdt.core.IType} handle.
*
*
* This class may be subclassed by clients.
*
* @see TypeNameMatch
* @see TypeNameRequestor
*
* @since 3.3
*/
public abstract class TypeNameMatchRequestor {
/**
* Accepts a type name match ({@link TypeNameMatch}) which contains top-level or a member type
* information as package name, enclosing types names, simple type name, modifiers, etc.
*
* @param match the match which contains all type information
*/
public abstract void acceptTypeNameMatch(TypeNameMatch match);
}