src/share/classes/com/sun/javadoc/MethodDoc.java

Tue, 24 Dec 2013 09:17:37 -0800

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ksrini
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Tue, 24 Dec 2013 09:17:37 -0800
changeset 2227
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8029230: Update copyright year to match last edit in jdk8 langtools repository for 2013
Reviewed-by: ksrini
Contributed-by: steve.sides@oracle.com

duke@1 1 /*
vromero@1454 2 * Copyright (c) 1998, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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duke@1 24 */
duke@1 25
duke@1 26 package com.sun.javadoc;
duke@1 27
duke@1 28 /**
duke@1 29 * Represents a method of a java class.
duke@1 30 *
duke@1 31 * @since 1.2
duke@1 32 * @author Robert Field
duke@1 33 */
duke@1 34 public interface MethodDoc extends ExecutableMemberDoc {
duke@1 35
duke@1 36 /**
duke@1 37 * Return true if this method is abstract
duke@1 38 */
duke@1 39 boolean isAbstract();
duke@1 40
duke@1 41 /**
vromero@1454 42 * Return true if this method is default
vromero@1454 43 */
vromero@1454 44 boolean isDefault();
vromero@1454 45
vromero@1454 46 /**
duke@1 47 * Get return type.
duke@1 48 *
duke@1 49 * @return the return type of this method, null if it
duke@1 50 * is a constructor.
duke@1 51 */
duke@1 52 Type returnType();
duke@1 53
duke@1 54 /**
duke@1 55 * Return the class containing the method that this method overrides.
duke@1 56 *
duke@1 57 * <p> <i>The <code>overriddenClass</code> method cannot
duke@1 58 * accommodate certain generic type constructs. The
duke@1 59 * <code>overriddenType</code> method should be used instead.</i>
duke@1 60 *
duke@1 61 * @return a ClassDoc representing the superclass
duke@1 62 * defining a method that this method overrides, or null if
duke@1 63 * this method does not override.
duke@1 64 */
duke@1 65 ClassDoc overriddenClass();
duke@1 66
duke@1 67 /**
duke@1 68 * Return the type containing the method that this method overrides.
duke@1 69 * It may be a <code>ClassDoc</code> or a <code>ParameterizedType</code>.
duke@1 70 *
duke@1 71 * @return the supertype whose method is overridden, or null if this
duke@1 72 * method does not override another in a superclass
duke@1 73 * @since 1.5
duke@1 74 */
duke@1 75 Type overriddenType();
duke@1 76
duke@1 77 /**
duke@1 78 * Return the method that this method overrides.
duke@1 79 *
duke@1 80 * @return a MethodDoc representing a method definition
duke@1 81 * in a superclass this method overrides, null if
duke@1 82 * this method does not override.
duke@1 83 */
duke@1 84 MethodDoc overriddenMethod();
duke@1 85
duke@1 86 /**
duke@1 87 * Tests whether this method overrides another.
duke@1 88 * The overridden method may be one declared in a superclass or
duke@1 89 * a superinterface (unlike {@link #overriddenMethod()}).
duke@1 90 *
duke@1 91 * <p> When a non-abstract method overrides an abstract one, it is
duke@1 92 * also said to <i>implement</i> the other.
duke@1 93 *
duke@1 94 * @param meth the other method to examine
duke@1 95 * @return <tt>true</tt> if this method overrides the other
duke@1 96 * @since 1.5
duke@1 97 */
duke@1 98 boolean overrides(MethodDoc meth);
duke@1 99 }

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