content: /**
   * JReversePro - Java Decompiler / Disassembler.
   * Copyright (C) 2008 Karthik Kumar.
   * 
   * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 
   * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 
   * You may obtain a copy of the License at 
   *  
   *  	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
   *  
   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 
   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 
   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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   */
  package org.jreversepro.reflect.variabletable;
  
  /**
   * Variable Table , specific to each and every method that records the index of the variable to its type.
   * 
   * @author karthik.kumar
   *
   */
  public interface VariableTable {
  
    final int FULL_SCOPE_INSTRUCTION_INDEX = 0;
  
    /**
     * Records the reference for a given local variable index of inferred type -
     * jvmVariableType in the symbol table. are the
     * 
     * @param localVariableIndex
     *          variable index
     * @param jvmVariableType
     *          Data type
     * @param referredBytecodeIndex
     *          variable store index.
     */
    void recordLocalDatatypeReference(int localVariableIndex,
        char jvmVariableType, int referredBytecodeIndex);
  
    /**
     * Records the reference for a given local variable index of inferred type -
     * jvmVariableType in the symbol table. are the
     * 
     * @param localVariableIndex
     *          variable index
     * @param jvmVariableType
     *          Data type
     * @param referredBytecodeIndex
     *          variable store index.
     */
    void recordLocalDatatypeReference(int localVariableIndex,
        String jvmVariableType, int referredBytecodeIndex);
  
    /**
     * @return Get the maximum number of symbols available in the scope of the
     *         current method.
     */
    int getMaxVariables();
  
    /**
     * @param aVarIndex
     *          Index of local variable into symbol table.
     * @param aInsIndex
     *          Index of instruction into bytecode array of method.
     * @return Returns a name of the variable given the variable index and the
     *         instruction index.
     */
    String getName(int aVarIndex, int aInsIndex);
  
  }