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  package org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.dialogs;
  
  /**
   * An interfaces to give access to the type presented in type
   * selection dialogs like the open type dialog.
   * <p>
   * Please note that <code>ITypeInfoRequestor</code> objects <strong>don't
   * </strong> have value semantic. The state of the object might change over 
   * time especially since objects are reused for different call backs. 
   * </p>
   * <p>
   * This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
   * </p>
   *
   * Provisional API: This class/interface is part of an interim API that is still under development and expected to
   * change significantly before reaching stability. It is being made available at this early stage to solicit feedback
   * from pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API will almost certainly be broken
   * (repeatedly) as the API evolves.
   */
  public interface ITypeInfoRequestor {
  	
  	/**
  	 * Returns the type's modifiers. The modifiers can be 
  	 * inspected using the class {@link org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core.Flags}.
  	 * 
  	 * @return the type's modifiers
  	 */
  	public int getModifiers();
  	
  	/**
  	 * Returns the type name.
  	 * 
  	 * @return the info's type name.
  	 */
  	public String getTypeName();
  	
  	/**
  	 * Returns the package name.
  	 * 
  	 * @return the info's package name.
  	 */ 
  	public String getPackageName();
  
  	/**
  	 * Returns a dot separated string of the enclosing types or an 
  	 * empty string if the type is a top level type.
  	 * 
  	 * @return a dot separated string of the enclosing types
  	 */
  	public String getEnclosingName();
  }
  