diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/ITypeContainer.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/ITypeContainer.java
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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2004 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html
+ * 
+ * Contributors:
+ *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+ * Created on Dec 13, 2004
+ */
+package org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser;
+
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IType;
+
+/**
+ * @author aniefer
+ */
+public interface ITypeContainer extends IType{
+    IType getType();
+}