http://www.eclipse.org/jdt: Java Development Tools Core (Eclipse Foundation) 
Copyright (c) 2000, 2009 IBM Corporation and others.
This program and the accompanying materials
are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
Contributors:
    IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation

/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2009 IBM Corporation and others.
 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jdt.core.util;


This class represents a generic class file attribute. It is intended to be extended
for any new attribute.

Since:2.0
/**
 * This class represents a generic class file attribute. It is intended to be extended
 * for any new attribute.
 *
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface IClassFileAttribute {

	
Answer back the attribute name index in the constant pool as specified
in the JVM specifications.

Returns:the attribute name index in the constant pool
/**
	 * Answer back the attribute name index in the constant pool as specified
	 * in the JVM specifications.
	 *
	 * @return the attribute name index in the constant pool
	 */
	int getAttributeNameIndex();

	
Answer back the attribute name as specified
in the JVM specifications.

Returns:the attribute name
/**
	 * Answer back the attribute name as specified
	 * in the JVM specifications.
	 *
	 * @return the attribute name
	 */
	char[] getAttributeName();

	
Answer back the attribute length as specified
in the JVM specifications.

Returns:the attribute length
/**
	 * Answer back the attribute length as specified
	 * in the JVM specifications.
	 *
	 * @return the attribute length
	 */
	long getAttributeLength();
}