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11 package org.eclipse.debug.core.model;
12
13  
14 import org.eclipse.debug.core.DebugException;
15  
16 /**
17  * A register group is a group of registers that are
18  * assigned to a stack frame. Some debug architectures
19  * provide access to registers, and registers are often
20  * grouped logically. For example, a floating point
21  * register group.
22  * <p>
23  * Clients may implement this interface.
24  * </p>
25  * @since 2.0
26  */
27 public interface IRegisterGroup extends IDebugElement {
28     
29
30     /**
31      * Returns the name of this register group.
32      *
33      * @return this register group's name
34      * @exception DebugException if this method fails. Reasons include:
35      * <ul><li>Failure communicating with the debug target. The DebugException's
36      * status code contains the underlying exception responsible for
37      * the failure.</li>
38      */
39     public String JavaDoc getName() throws DebugException;
40     
41     /**
42      * Returns the registers in this register group.
43      *
44      * @return the registers in this register group
45      * @exception DebugException if this method fails. Reasons include:
46      * <ul><li>Failure communicating with the debug target. The DebugException's
47      * status code contains the underlying exception responsible for
48      * the failure.</li>
49      */
50     public IRegister[] getRegisters() throws DebugException;
51     
52     /**
53      * Returns whether this register group currently contains any registers.
54      *
55      * @return whether this register group currently contains any registers
56      * @exception DebugException if this method fails. Reasons include:
57      * <ul><li>Failure communicating with the debug target. The DebugException's
58      * status code contains the underlying exception responsible for
59      * the failure.</li>
60      */
61     public boolean hasRegisters() throws DebugException;
62
63 }
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