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package com.oracle.truffle.api;

/**
 * Description of contiguous text section within the source code of a guest language program.
 */
public interface SourceSection {

    /**
     * Returns the object representing the source program that contains this section.
     * 
     * @return the source object
     */
    Source getSource();

    /**
     * Returns 1-based line number of the first character in this source section (inclusive).
     * 
     * @return the starting line number
     */
    int getStartLine();

    /**
     * Returns the 1-based column number of the first character in this source section (inclusive).
     * 
     * @return the starting column number
     */
    int getStartColumn();

    /**
     * Returns the 0-based index of the first character in this source section.
     * <p>
     * The complete text of the source that contains this section can be retrieved via
     * {@link Source#getCode()}.
     * 
     * @return the starting character index
     */
    int getCharIndex();

    /**
     * Returns the length of this source section in characters.
     * <p>
     * The complete text of the source that contains this section can be retrieved via
     * {@link Source#getCode()}.
     * 
     * @return the number of characters in the section
     */
    int getCharLength();

    /**
     * Returns the index of the text position immediately following the last character in the
     * section.
     * 
     * @return the end position of the section
     */
    int getCharEndIndex();

    /**
     * Returns the identifier of this source section that is used for printing the section.
     * 
     * @return the identifier of the section
     */
    String getIdentifier();

    /**
     * Returns text of the code represented by this source section.
     * 
     * @return the code as a String object
     */
    String getCode();

}