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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Júlio Vilmar Gesser.
+ * Copyright (C) 2011, 2013-2017 The JavaParser Team.
+ *
+ * This file is part of JavaParser.
+ *
+ * JavaParser can be used either under the terms of
+ * a) the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ *     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *     (at your option) any later version.
+ * b) the terms of the Apache License
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of both licenses in LICENCE.LGPL and
+ * LICENCE.APACHE. Please refer to those files for details.
+ *
+ * JavaParser is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+package com.github.javaparser.ast.nodeTypes;
+
+import com.github.javaparser.ast.Node;
+import com.github.javaparser.ast.expr.Expression;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a node which has a required scope expression eg. field access (object.method).
+ */
+public interface NodeWithScope<N extends Node> extends NodeWithTraversableScope {
+
+    Expression getScope();
+
+    N setScope(Expression scope);
+
+    default Optional<Expression> traverseScope() {
+        return Optional.of(getScope());
+    }
+}