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package com.sun.mirror.declaration;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.util.Collection;
import com.sun.mirror.type.*;
import com.sun.mirror.util.*;
/**
* Represents the declaration of a program element such as a package,
* class, or method. Each declaration represents a static, language-level
* construct (and not, for example, a runtime construct of the virtual
* machine), and typically corresponds one-to-one with a particular
* fragment of source code.
*
* <p> Declarations should be compared using the {@link #equals(Object)}
* method. There is no guarantee that any particular declaration will
* always be represented by the same object.
*
* @author Joseph D. Darcy
* @author Scott Seligman
* @version 1.6 04/07/16
*
* @see Declarations
* @see TypeMirror
* @since 1.5
*/
public interface Declaration {
/**
* Tests whether an object represents the same declaration as this.
*
* @param obj the object to be compared with this declaration
* @return <tt>true</tt> if the specified object represents the same
* declaration as this
*/
boolean equals(Object obj);
/**
* Returns the text of the documentation ("javadoc") comment of
* this declaration.
*
* @return the documentation comment of this declaration, or <tt>null</tt>
* if there is none
*/
String getDocComment();
/**
* Returns the annotations that are directly present on this declaration.
*
* @return the annotations directly present on this declaration;
* an empty collection if there are none
*/
Collection<AnnotationMirror> getAnnotationMirrors();
/**
* Returns the annotation of this declaration having the specified
* type. The annotation may be either inherited or directly
* present on this declaration.
*
* <p> The annotation returned by this method could contain an element
* whose value is of type <tt>Class</tt>.
* This value cannot be returned directly: information necessary to
* locate and load a class (such as the class loader to use) is
* not available, and the class might not be loadable at all.
* Attempting to read a <tt>Class</tt> object by invoking the relevant
* method on the returned annotation
* will result in a {@link MirroredTypeException},
* from which the corresponding {@link TypeMirror} may be extracted.
* Similarly, attempting to read a <tt>Class[]</tt>-valued element
* will result in a {@link MirroredTypesException}.
*
* <blockquote>
* <i>Note:</i> This method is unlike
* others in this and related interfaces. It operates on run-time
* reflective information -- representations of annotation types
* currently loaded into the VM -- rather than on the mirrored
* representations defined by and used throughout these
* interfaces. It is intended for callers that are written to
* operate on a known, fixed set of annotation types.
* </blockquote>
*
* @param <A> the annotation type
* @param annotationType the <tt>Class</tt> object corresponding to
* the annotation type
* @return the annotation of this declaration having the specified type
*
* @see #getAnnotationMirrors()
*/
<A extends Annotation> A getAnnotation(Class<A> annotationType);
/**
* Returns the modifiers of this declaration, excluding annotations.
* Implicit modifiers, such as the <tt>public</tt> and <tt>static</tt>
* modifiers of interface members, are included.
*
* @return the modifiers of this declaration in undefined order;
* an empty collection if there are none
*/
Collection<Modifier> getModifiers();
/**
* Returns the simple (unqualified) name of this declaration.
* The name of a generic type does not include any reference
* to its formal type parameters.
* For example, the simple name of the interface declaration
* {@code java.util.Set<E>} is <tt>"Set"</tt>.
* If this declaration represents the empty package, an empty
* string is returned.
* If it represents a constructor, the simple name of its
* declaring class is returned.
*
* @return the simple name of this declaration
*/
String getSimpleName();
/**
* Returns the source position of the beginning of this declaration.
* Returns <tt>null</tt> if the position is unknown or not applicable.
*
* <p> This source position is intended for use in providing
* diagnostics, and indicates only approximately where a declaration
* begins.
*
* @return the source position of the beginning of this declaration,
* or null if the position is unknown or not applicable
*/
SourcePosition getPosition();
/**
* Applies a visitor to this declaration.
*
* @param v the visitor operating on this declaration
*/
void accept(DeclarationVisitor v);
}