source: tags/3.3.13/HeuristicLab.ExtLibs/HeuristicLab.NRefactory/5.5.0/NRefactory-5.5.0/TypeSystem/INamedElement.cs

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using System;
using System.Diagnostics.Contracts;

namespace ICSharpCode.NRefactory.TypeSystem
{
  public interface INamedElement
  {
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the fully qualified name of the class the return type is pointing to.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>
    /// "System.Int32[]" for int[]<br/>
    /// "System.Collections.Generic.List" for List&lt;string&gt;
    /// "System.Environment.SpecialFolder" for Environment.SpecialFolder
    /// </returns>
    string FullName { get; }
    
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the short name of the class the return type is pointing to.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>
    /// "Int32[]" for int[]<br/>
    /// "List" for List&lt;string&gt;
    /// "SpecialFolder" for Environment.SpecialFolder
    /// </returns>
    string Name { get; }
    
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the full reflection name of the element.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// For types, the reflection name can be parsed back into a ITypeReference by using
    /// <see cref="ReflectionHelper.ParseReflectionName(string)"/>.
    /// </remarks>
    /// <returns>
    /// "System.Int32[]" for int[]<br/>
    /// "System.Int32[][,]" for C# int[,][]<br/>
    /// "System.Collections.Generic.List`1[[System.String]]" for List&lt;string&gt;
    /// "System.Environment+SpecialFolder" for Environment.SpecialFolder
    /// </returns>
    string ReflectionName { get; }
    
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the full name of the namespace containing this entity.
    /// </summary>
    string Namespace { get; }
  }
}