1 /******************************************************************************* 2 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2005 IBM Corporation and others. 3 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials 4 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 5 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at 6 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html 7 * 8 * Contributors: 9 * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation 10 *******************************************************************************/ 11 package org.eclipse.core.internal.indexing; 12 13 interface Referable { 14 15 /** 16 * Adds a reference for this entity to track. Returns the current count. 17 */ 18 int addReference(); 19 20 /** 21 * Tests for existing references. 22 */ 23 boolean hasReferences(); 24 25 /** 26 * Removes a reference. Returns the current count. 27 */ 28 int removeReference(); 29 30 } 31