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11 package org.eclipse.debug.core.model;
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14 import org.eclipse.debug.core.DebugException;
15  
16 /**
17  * A register is a special kind of variable that is contained
18  * in a register group. Each register has a name and a value.
19  * Not all debug architectures provide access to registers.
20  * <p>
21  * Clients may implement this interface.
22  * </p>
23  * @since 2.0
24  */
25 public interface IRegister extends IVariable {
26     
27     /**
28      * Returns the register group this register is contained in.
29      *
30      * @return the register group this register is contained in
31      * @exception DebugException if this method fails. Reasons include:
32      * <ul><li>Failure communicating with the debug target. The DebugException's
33      * status code contains the underlying exception responsible for
34      * the failure.</li>
35      */
36     public IRegisterGroup getRegisterGroup() throws DebugException;
37
38 }
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