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package org.eclipse.jface.text;



/**
 * Describes a region of an indexed text store such as a document or a string.
 * The region consists of offset, length, and type. The region type is defined
 * as a string.
 * <p>
 * A typed region can, e.g., be used to described document partitions. Clients
 * may implement this interface or use the standard implementation
 * {@link org.eclipse.jface.text.TypedRegion}.
 */
public interface ITypedRegion extends IRegion {
	
	/**
	 * Returns the content type of the region.
	 *
	 * @return the content type of the region
	 */
	String getType();
}