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package org.eclipse.jdt.core.eval;
/**
* A global variable declared in an evaluation context.
* IEvaluationContext.newVariable
can be used to obtain an instance.
*
*
* @see IEvaluationContext#newVariable(String, String, String)
* @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
*/
public interface IGlobalVariable {
/**
* Returns the initializer of this global variable.
* The syntax for an initializer corresponds to VariableInitializer (JLS2 8.3).
*
* @return the initializer expression, or null
if this global does
* not have an initializer
*/
public String getInitializer();
/**
* Returns the name of this global variable.
*
* @return the name of the global variable
*/
public String getName();
/**
* Returns the fully qualified name of the type of this global
* variable, or its simple representation if it is a primitive type
* (int
, boolean
, etc.).
*
* The syntax for a type name corresponds to Type in Field Declaration (JLS2 8.3).
*
* @return the type name
*/
public String getTypeName();
}