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11 package org.eclipse.jdt.debug.core;
12
13  
14 import org.eclipse.debug.core.DebugException;
15  
16 /**
17  * An interface an object implements on a Java debug target.
18  * <p>
19  * Clients are not intended to implement this interface.
20  * </p>
21  * @see IJavaValue
22  * @since 2.0
23  */
24 public interface IJavaInterfaceType extends IJavaReferenceType {
25             
26    /**
27     * Returns the class objects associated with the implementors of this interface type.
28     * Returns an empty array if there are none.
29     *
30     * @return the class objects associated with the implementors of this interface type
31     * @exception DebugException if this method fails. Reasons include:
32     * <ul><li>Failure communicating with the VM. The DebugException's
33     * status code contains the underlying exception responsible for
34     * the failure.</li>
35     * </ul>
36     * @since 3.0
37     */
38     public IJavaClassType[] getImplementors() throws DebugException;
39     
40     /**
41      * Returns the interface objects associated with the sub-interfaces of this interface type.
42      * Returns an empty array if there are none. The sub-interfaces are those interfaces
43      * that directly extend this interface, that is, those interfaces that declared this interface
44      * in their <code>extends</code> clause.
45      *
46      * @return the interface objects associated with the sub-interfaces of this interface type
47      * @exception DebugException if this method fails. Reasons include:
48      * <ul><li>Failure communicating with the VM. The DebugException's
49      * status code contains the underlying exception responsible for
50      * the failure.</li>
51      * </ul>
52      * @since 3.0
53      */
54     public IJavaInterfaceType[] getSubInterfaces() throws DebugException;
55
56     /**
57      * Returns the interface objects associated with the super-interfaces of this interface type.
58      * Returns an empty array if there are none. The super-interfaces are those interfaces
59      * that are directly extended by this interface, that is, those interfaces that this
60      * interface declared to be extended.
61      *
62      * @return the interface objects associated with the super-interfaces of this interface type
63      * @exception DebugException if this method fails. Reasons include:
64      * <ul><li>Failure communicating with the VM. The DebugException's
65      * status code contains the underlying exception responsible for
66      * the failure.</li>
67      * </ul>
68      * @since 3.0
69      */
70     public IJavaInterfaceType[] getSuperInterfaces() throws DebugException;
71 }
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