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package com.sun.mirror.util;
import com.sun.mirror.declaration.*;
/**
* Utility methods for operating on declarations.
*
* @deprecated All components of this API have been superseded by the
* standardized annotation processing API. The replacement for the
* functionality of this interface is {@link
* javax.lang.model.util.Elements}.
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* @author Joseph D. Darcy
* @author Scott Seligman
* @since 1.5
*/
@Deprecated
@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
public interface Declarations {
/**
* Tests whether one type, method, or field declaration hides another.
*
* @param sub the first member
* @param sup the second member
* @return <tt>true</tt> if and only if the first member hides
* the second
*/
boolean hides(MemberDeclaration sub, MemberDeclaration sup);
/**
* Tests whether one method overrides another. When a
* non-abstract method overrides an abstract one, the
* former is also said to <i>implement</i> the latter.
*
* @param sub the first method
* @param sup the second method
* @return <tt>true</tt> if and only if the first method overrides
* the second
*/
boolean overrides(MethodDeclaration sub, MethodDeclaration sup);
}