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 * Copyright (c) 2004, 2006 QNX Software Systems 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:
 * QNX Software Systems - Initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.model;

import org.eclipse.debug.core.DebugException;

/**
 * Represents a signal.
 *
 * @since: Mar 5, 2004
 */
public interface ICSignal extends ICDebugElement {

	/**
	 * Returns the name of this signal
	 *
	 * @return this signal's name
	 * @throws DebugException if this method fails.
	 */
	public String getName() throws DebugException;

	/**
	 * Returns the description of this signal.
	 *
	 * @return this signal's description
	 * @throws DebugException if this method fails.
	 */
	public String getDescription() throws DebugException;

	/**
	 * Returns whether "pass" is in effect for this signal.
	 *
	 * @return whether "pass" is in effect for this signal
	 * @throws DebugException if this method fails.
	 */
	public boolean isPassEnabled() throws DebugException;

	/**
	 * Returns whether "stop" is in effect for this signal.
	 *
	 * @return whether "stop" is in effect for this signal
	 * @throws DebugException if this method fails.
	 */
	public boolean isStopEnabled() throws DebugException;

	/**
	 * Enables/disables the "pass" flag of this signal.
	 *
	 * @param enable the flag value to set
	 * @throws DebugException if this method fails.
	 */
	public void setPassEnabled(boolean enable) throws DebugException;

	/**
	 * Enables/disables the "stop" flag of this signal.
	 *
	 * @param enable the flag value to set
	 * @throws DebugException if this method fails.
	 */
	public void setStopEnabled(boolean enable) throws DebugException;

	/**
	 * Resumes execution, but immediately gives the target this signal.
	 *
	 * @throws DebugException if this method fails.
	 */
	public void signal() throws DebugException;

	/**
	 * Returns whether modification is allowed for this signal's parameters.
	 *
	 * @return whether modification is allowed for this signal's parameters
	 */
	public boolean canModify();
}
