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

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1 /*
2 * Copyright 1998-2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
3 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
4 *
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24 */
25
26 package com.sun.javadoc;
27
28 /**
29 * Represents a method of a java class.
30 *
31 * @since 1.2
32 * @author Robert Field
33 */
34 public interface MethodDoc extends ExecutableMemberDoc {
35
36 /**
37 * Return true if this method is abstract
38 */
39 boolean isAbstract();
40
41 /**
42 * Get return type.
43 *
44 * @return the return type of this method, null if it
45 * is a constructor.
46 */
47 Type returnType();
48
49 /**
50 * Return the class containing the method that this method overrides.
51 *
52 * <p> <i>The <code>overriddenClass</code> method cannot
53 * accommodate certain generic type constructs. The
54 * <code>overriddenType</code> method should be used instead.</i>
55 *
56 * @return a ClassDoc representing the superclass
57 * defining a method that this method overrides, or null if
58 * this method does not override.
59 */
60 ClassDoc overriddenClass();
61
62 /**
63 * Return the type containing the method that this method overrides.
64 * It may be a <code>ClassDoc</code> or a <code>ParameterizedType</code>.
65 *
66 * @return the supertype whose method is overridden, or null if this
67 * method does not override another in a superclass
68 * @since 1.5
69 */
70 Type overriddenType();
71
72 /**
73 * Return the method that this method overrides.
74 *
75 * @return a MethodDoc representing a method definition
76 * in a superclass this method overrides, null if
77 * this method does not override.
78 */
79 MethodDoc overriddenMethod();
80
81 /**
82 * Tests whether this method overrides another.
83 * The overridden method may be one declared in a superclass or
84 * a superinterface (unlike {@link #overriddenMethod()}).
85 *
86 * <p> When a non-abstract method overrides an abstract one, it is
87 * also said to <i>implement</i> the other.
88 *
89 * @param meth the other method to examine
90 * @return <tt>true</tt> if this method overrides the other
91 * @since 1.5
92 */
93 boolean overrides(MethodDoc meth);
94 }

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