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 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Block comment AST node type.
 * <p>
 * Block comments (also called "traditional" comments in JLS 3.7)
 * begin with "/&#42;", may contain line breaks, and must end
 * with "&#42;/". Following the definition in the JLS (first edition
 * but not second edition), block comment normally exclude comments
 * that begin with "/&#42;#42;", which are instead classified as doc
 * comments ({@link Javadoc}).
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * Note that this node type is a comment placeholder, and is
 * only useful for recording the source range where a comment
 * was found in a source string. It is not useful for creating
 * comments.
 * </p>
 *
 * @since 3.0
 * @noinstantiate This class is not intended to be instantiated by clients.
 */
public final class BlockComment extends Comment {

	/**
	 * A list of property descriptors (element type:
	 * {@link StructuralPropertyDescriptor}),
	 * or null if uninitialized.
	 */
	private static final List PROPERTY_DESCRIPTORS;

	static {
		List properyList = new ArrayList(1);
		createPropertyList(BlockComment.class, properyList);
		PROPERTY_DESCRIPTORS = reapPropertyList(properyList);
	}

	/**
	 * Returns a list of structural property descriptors for this node type.
	 * Clients must not modify the result.
	 *
	 * @param apiLevel the API level; one of the
	 * <code>AST.JLS*</code> constants

	 * @return a list of property descriptors (element type:
	 * {@link StructuralPropertyDescriptor})
	 * @since 3.0
	 */
	public static List propertyDescriptors(int apiLevel) {
		return PROPERTY_DESCRIPTORS;
	}

	/**
	 * Creates a new block comment node owned by the given AST.
	 * <p>
	 * N.B. This constructor is package-private.
	 * </p>
	 *
	 * @param ast the AST that is to own this node
	 */
	BlockComment(AST ast) {
		super(ast);
	}

	/* (omit javadoc for this method)
	 * Method declared on ASTNode.
	 */
	final List internalStructuralPropertiesForType(int apiLevel) {
		return propertyDescriptors(apiLevel);
	}

	/* (omit javadoc for this method)
	 * Method declared on ASTNode.
	 */
	final int getNodeType0() {
		return BLOCK_COMMENT;
	}

	/* (omit javadoc for this method)
	 * Method declared on ASTNode.
	 */
	ASTNode clone0(AST target) {
		BlockComment result = new BlockComment(target);
		result.setSourceRange(getStartPosition(), getLength());
		return result;
	}

	/* (omit javadoc for this method)
	 * Method declared on ASTNode.
	 */
	final boolean subtreeMatch0(ASTMatcher matcher, Object other) {
		// dispatch to correct overloaded match method
		return matcher.match(this, other);
	}

	/* (omit javadoc for this method)
	 * Method declared on ASTNode.
	 */
	void accept0(ASTVisitor visitor) {
		visitor.visit(this);
		visitor.endVisit(this);
	}

	/* (omit javadoc for this method)
	 * Method declared on ASTNode.
	 */
	int memSize() {
		return super.memSize();
	}

	/* (omit javadoc for this method)
	 * Method declared on ASTNode.
	 */
	int treeSize() {
		return memSize();
	}
}