compiler/src/org/apache/flex/compiler/scopes/IDefinitionSet.java

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package org.apache.flex.compiler.scopes;

import org.apache.flex.compiler.definitions.IDefinition;

/**
 * This interface represents an immutable collection of definitions with the
 * same base name in a particular scope.
 * <p>
 * It's really more of a List than a Set because it is indexable.
 */
public interface IDefinitionSet
{
    /**
     * Determines if this definition set is empty.
     * 
     * @return <code>true</code> if the definition set is empty.
     */
    boolean isEmpty();

    /**
     * @return The size of the definition set.
     */
    int getSize();
    
    /**
     * @return The maximum size of the definition set.
     */
    int getMaxSize();

    /**
     * Gets a definition in this set, by index.
     * 
     * @param i The index of the definition.
     * @return An {@link IDefinition} for the definition.
     */
    IDefinition getDefinition(int i);
}