ExternalMethod.java

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package org.eclipse.persistence.tools.workbench.mappingsmodel.spi.meta;

/**
 * Interface defining Java metadata required by the
 * TopLink Mapping Workbench.
 *
 * @see java.lang.reflect.Method
 */
public interface ExternalMethod extends ExternalMember {

    /**
     * Returns an array of ExternalClassDescription objects that represent
     * the types of the exceptions declared to be thrown by the
     * underlying method represented by this ExternalMethod object.
     *
     * @see java.lang.reflect.Method#getExceptionTypes()
     */
    ExternalClassDescription[] getExceptionTypes();

    /**
     * Returns an array of ExternalClassDescription objects that represent
     * the formal parameter types, in declaration order, of the
     * method represented by this ExternalMethod object.
     *
     * @see java.lang.reflect.Method#getParameterTypes()
     */
    ExternalClassDescription[] getParameterTypes();

    /**
     * Returns an ExternalClassDescription object that represents the formal
     * return type of the method represented by this
     * ExternalMethod object.
     *
     * @see java.lang.reflect.Method#getReturnType()
     */
    ExternalClassDescription getReturnType();

}