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 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.pde.api.tools.internal.provisional.model;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;

/**
 * Describes a set of {@link IApiElement}.
 *
 * @since 1.1.0
 */
public interface IApiScope {

	/**
	 * Adds the given {@link IApiElement} to the scope
	 */
	public void addElement(IApiElement newelement);

	/**
	 * Returns all API elements contained within this scope
	 *
	 * @return all API elements contained within this scope
	 */
	IApiElement[] getApiElements();

	/**
	 * Visits all {@link IApiElement} in this scope.
	 *
	 * @param visitor class file visitor.
	 * @exception CoreException if unable to visit this scope
	 */
	void accept(ApiScopeVisitor visitor) throws CoreException;

	/**
	 * Returns if this scope encloses the given element
	 *
	 * @return true if this scope encloses the given element, false otherwise
	 */
	public boolean encloses(IApiElement element) throws CoreException;
}
