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    IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation

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 * Copyright (c) 2005, 2008 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.refactoring;

import org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.participants.RefactoringProcessor;

import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IJavaElement;


An IJavaElementMapper provides methods to map an original
elements to its refactored counterparts.


An IJavaElementMapper can be obtained via PlatformObject.getAdapter(Class<Object>). 


Since:1.1
/**
 * An <code>IJavaElementMapper</code> provides methods to map an original
 * elements to its refactored counterparts.
 * <p>
 * An <code>IJavaElementMapper</code> can be obtained via
 * {@link RefactoringProcessor#getAdapter(Class)}.
 * </p>
 *
 * @since 1.1
 */
public interface IJavaElementMapper {

	

Returns the refactored Java element for the given element.
The returned Java element might not yet exist when the method
is called.




Note that local variables cannot be mapped
using this method.



Params:
  • element – the element to be refactored
Returns:the refactored element for the given element
/**
	 * <p>
	 * Returns the refactored Java element for the given element.
	 * The returned Java element might not yet exist when the method
	 * is called.
	 * </p>
	 * <p>
	 * Note that local variables <strong>cannot</strong> be mapped
	 * using this method.
	 * </p>
	 *
	 * @param element the element to be refactored
	 *
	 * @return the refactored element for the given element
	 */
	IJavaElement getRefactoredJavaElement(IJavaElement element);
}