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/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2004 QNX Software Systems and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     QNX Software Systems - Initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.cdt.core.model;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;

/**
 * Represents the outcome of an C model operation. Status objects are
 * used inside <code>CModelException</code> objects to indicate what went
 * wrong.
 * <p>
 * C model status object are distinguished by their plug-in id:
 * <code>getPlugin</code> returns <code>"org.eclipse.cdt.core"</code>.
 * <code>getCode</code> returns one of the status codes declared in
 * <code>ICModelStatusConstants</code>.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * A C model status may also carry additional information (that is, in 
 * addition to the information defined in <code>IStatus</code>):
 * <ul>
 *   <li>elements - optional handles to C elements associated with the failure</li>
 *   <li>string - optional string associated with the failure</li>
 * </ul>
 * <p>
 * This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
 * </p>
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus
 * @see ICModelStatusConstants
 */
public interface ICModelStatus extends IStatus {
	/**
	 * Returns any C elements associated with the failure (see specification
	 * of the status code), or an empty array if no elements are related to this
	 * particular status code.
	 *
	 * @return the list of C element culprits
	 * @see ICModelStatusConstants
	 */
	ICElement[] getElements();

	/**
	 * Returns the path associated with the failure (see specification
	 * of the status code), or <code>null</code> if the failure is not 
	 * one of <code>DEVICE_PATH</code>, <code>INVALID_PATH</code>, 
	 * <code>PATH_OUTSIDE_PROJECT</code>, or <code>RELATIVE_PATH</code>.
	 *
	 * @return the path that caused the failure, or <code>null</code> if none
	 * @see ICModelStatusConstants#DEVICE_PATH
	 * @see ICModelStatusConstants#INVALID_PATH
	 * @see ICModelStatusConstants#PATH_OUTSIDE_PROJECT
	 * @see ICModelStatusConstants#RELATIVE_PATH
	 */
	IPath getPath();

	/**
	 * Returns the string associated with the failure (see specification
	 * of the status code), or <code>null</code> if no string is related to this
	 * particular status code.
	 *
	 * @return the string culprit, or <code>null</code> if none
	 * @see ICModelStatusConstants
	 */
	String getString();

	/**
	 * Returns whether this status indicates that a C model element does not exist.
	 * This convenience method is equivalent to
	 * <code>getCode() == ICModelStatusConstants.ELEMENT_DOES_NOT_EXIST</code>.
	 *
	 * @return <code>true</code> if the status code indicates that a C model
	 *   element does not exist
	 * @see ICModelStatusConstants#ELEMENT_DOES_NOT_EXIST
	 */
	boolean doesNotExist();
}

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