IMacroEntry (Eclipse CDT API Specification)

All Superinterfaces:

IPathEntry
```
public interface IMacroEntry
extends IPathEntry
```
Restriction:

This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.

Restriction:

This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.cdt.core.model.IPathEntry
  CDT_CONTAINER, CDT_INCLUDE, CDT_INCLUDE_FILE, CDT_LIBRARY, CDT_MACRO, CDT_MACRO_FILE, CDT_OUTPUT, CDT_PROJECT, CDT_SOURCE

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`char[][]`	`fullExclusionPatternChars()`	Returns a char based representation of the exclusions patterns full path.
`org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath`	`getBasePath()`	Return the base path.
`org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath`	`getBaseReference()`	return the base reference IMacroEntry
`org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath[]`	`getExclusionPatterns()`	Returns an array of inclusion paths affecting the resource when looking for files recursively.
`String`	`getMacroName()`	Returns the macro name.
`String`	`getMacroValue()`	Returns the macro value.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.cdt.core.model.IPathEntry
getEntryKind, getPath, isExported

- Method Detail
  - getMacroName
```
String getMacroName()
```
    Returns the macro name.
    
    Returns:
    
    String
  - getMacroValue
```
String getMacroValue()
```
    Returns the macro value.
    
    Returns:
    
    String
  - getExclusionPatterns
```
org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath[] getExclusionPatterns()
```
    Returns an array of inclusion paths affecting the resource when looking for files recursively.
    
    Returns:
    
    IPath
  - fullExclusionPatternChars
```
char[][] fullExclusionPatternChars()
```
    Returns a char based representation of the exclusions patterns full path.
  - getBasePath
```
org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath getBasePath()
```
    Return the base path.
  - getBaseReference
```
org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath getBaseReference()
```
    return the base reference IMacroEntry