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Imports System.Collections.Immutable
 
Namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.VisualBasic.Symbols
    '''<summary>
    ''' A Declaration summarizes the declaration structure of a source file. Each entity declaration
    ''' in the program that is a container (specifically namespaces, classes, interfaces, structs,
    ''' and delegate declarations) is represented by a node in this tree.  At the top level, the
    ''' compilation unit is treated as a declaration of the unnamed namespace.
    '''
    ''' Special treatment is required for namespace declarations, because a single namespace
    ''' declaration can declare more than one namespace.  For example, in the declaration
    '''
    '''namespace A.B.C {}
    '''
    '''we see that namespaces A and B and C are declared.  This declaration is represented as three
    ''' declarations. All three of these ContainerDeclaration objects contain a reference to the
    ''' syntax tree for the declaration.
    '''
    ''' A "single" declaration represents a specific namespace or type declaration at a point in
    ''' source code. A "root" declaration is a special single declaration which summarizes the
    ''' contents of an entire file's types and namespaces.  Each source file is represented as a tree
    ''' of single declarations.
    '''
    ''' A "merged" declaration merges together one or more declarations for the same symbol.  For
    ''' example, the root namespace has multiple single declarations (one in each source file) but
    ''' there is a single merged declaration for them all.  Similarly partial classes may have
    ''' multiple declarations, grouped together under the umbrella of a merged declaration.  In the
    ''' common trivial case, a merged declaration for a single declaration contains only that single
    ''' declaration.  The whole program, consisting of the set of all declarations in all of the
    ''' source files, is represented by a tree of merged declarations.'''
    '''</summary> 
    Friend MustInherit Class Declaration
        Public MustOverride ReadOnly Property Kind As DeclarationKind
        Public Property Name As String
 
        Protected Sub New(name As String)
            Me.Name = name
        End Sub
 
        Public ReadOnly Property Children As ImmutableArray(Of Declaration)
            Get
                Return GetDeclarationChildren()
            End Get
        End Property
 
        Protected MustOverride Function GetDeclarationChildren() As ImmutableArray(Of Declaration)
    End Class
End Namespace