MethodMetadata.java

package org.springframework.roo.classpath.details;

import org.springframework.roo.model.JavaSymbolName;
import org.springframework.roo.model.JavaType;

/**
 * Metadata concerning a particular method.
 * 
 * @author Ben Alex
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface MethodMetadata extends InvocableMemberMetadata {

    /**
     * @return the name of the method (never null)
     */
    JavaSymbolName getMethodName();

    /**
     * @return the return type (never null, even if void)
     */
    JavaType getReturnType();

    /**
     * Indicates whether this method has the same name (case-sensitive) as any
     * of the given methods
     * 
     * @param otherMethods the methods to check against; can be empty or contain
     *            <code>null</code> elements, which will be ignored
     * @return see above
     * @since 1.2.0
     */
    boolean hasSameName(final MethodMetadata... otherMethods);

    /**
     * Indicates whether this method is static
     * 
     * @return see above
     * @since 1.2.0
     */
    boolean isStatic();
}