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+/* Name.java -- An immutable sequence of characters.
+   Copyright (C) 2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
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+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
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+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
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+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
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+
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+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
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+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package javax.lang.model.element;
+
+/**
+ * <p>An immutable sequence of characters, representing a name.
+ * An empty name has a length of zero.</p>
+ * <p>Names created by the same implementation are comparable
+ * using {@link #equals(Object)} and thus usable in a collection.
+ * This guarantee as regards the "same implementation" also
+ * applies to successive annotation rounds in the context of
+ * annotation processing.</p>
+ *
+ * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
+ * @since 1.6
+ * @see javax.lang.model.util.Elements#getName(CharSequence)
+ */
+public interface Name
+  extends CharSequence
+{
+
+  /**
+   * Returns true if the sequence of characters within this
+   * name is the same as the specified sequence of characters.
+   *
+   * @param chars the sequence of characters to compare.
+   * @return true if {@code chars} represents the same sequence
+   *         of characters as this name.
+   * @see String#contentEquals(CharSequence)
+   */
+  boolean contentEquals(CharSequence chars);
+
+  /**
+   * Returns {@code true} if the specified object represents the
+   * same name as this instance.  Name comparisons are not
+   * just reliant on the content of the name (see
+   * {@link #contentEquals(CharSequence)}) but also
+   * the implementation which created the name.
+   *
+   * @param obj the object to compare.
+   * @return {@code true} if {@code this} and {@code obj} represent
+   *         the same element.
+   */
+  boolean equals(Object obj);
+
+  /**
+   * Obeys the general contract of {@link java.lang.Object#hashCode()}.
+   *
+   * @return a hash code for this element.
+   * @see #equals(Object)
+   */
+  int hashCode();
+
+}
+