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/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2009 IBM Corporation and others.
 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jdt.core.util;

/**
 * This class represents a generic class file attribute. It is intended to be extended
 * for any new attribute.
 *
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface IClassFileAttribute {

    /**
     * Answer back the attribute name index in the constant pool as specified
     * in the JVM specifications.
     *
     * @return the attribute name index in the constant pool
     */
    int getAttributeNameIndex();

    /**
     * Answer back the attribute name as specified
     * in the JVM specifications.
     *
     * @return the attribute name
     */
    char[] getAttributeName();

    /**
     * Answer back the attribute length as specified
     * in the JVM specifications.
     *
     * @return the attribute length
     */
    long getAttributeLength();
}