Copyright (c) 2013 Jesper Steen Moeller 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:
    Jesper Steen Moeller - initial API and implementation
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2013 Jesper Steen Moeller 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:
 *     Jesper Steen Moeller - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jdt.core.util;

Description of a method's parameters names as described in the JVM specifications.
This interface may be implemented by clients.
Since:
3.10/**
 * Description of a method's parameters names as described in the JVM specifications.
 *
 * This interface may be implemented by clients.
 *
 * @since 3.10
 */
public interface IMethodParametersAttribute extends IClassFileAttribute {

	
Answer back the number of parameters for this method as specified in
the JVM specifications.
Returns:
the number of parameters for this method as specified in
the JVM specifications/**
	 * Answer back the number of parameters for this method as specified in
	 * the JVM specifications.
	 *
	 * @return the number of parameters for this method as specified in
	 * the JVM specifications
	 */
	int getMethodParameterLength();

	
Answer back the name for the i'th parameter. Answer null if no
name is available.
Returns:
back the name for the i'th parameter. Returns null if no
name is available./**
	 * Answer back the name for the i'th parameter. Answer null if no
	 * name is available.
	 *
	 * @return back the name for the i'th parameter. Returns null if no
	 * name is available.
	 */
	char[] getParameterName(int i);

	
Answer back the access flags for the i'th parameter, a mask of
ACC_FINAL, ACC_SYNTHETIC, and ACC_MANDATED.
Returns:
the access flags for the i'th parameter./**
	 * Answer back the access flags for the i'th parameter, a mask of
	 * <code>ACC_FINAL</code>, <code>ACC_SYNTHETIC</code>, and <code>ACC_MANDATED</code>.
	 *
	 * @return the access flags for the i'th parameter.
	 */
	short getAccessFlags(int i);

}