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package com.sun.mirror.declaration;
import java.util.Collection;
import com.sun.mirror.type.ClassType;
/**
* Represents the declaration of a class.
* For the declaration of an interface, see {@link InterfaceDeclaration}.
* Provides access to information about the class, its members, and
* its constructors.
* Note that an {@linkplain EnumDeclaration enum} is a kind of class.
*
* <p> While a <tt>ClassDeclaration</tt> represents the <i>declaration</i>
* of a class, a {@link ClassType} represents a class <i>type</i>.
* See {@link TypeDeclaration} for more on this distinction.
*
* <p> {@link com.sun.mirror.util.DeclarationFilter}
* provides a simple way to select just the items of interest
* when a method returns a collection of 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* @deprecated All components of this API have been superseded by the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 included in {@link
* javax.lang.model.element.TypeElement}.
*
* @author Joseph D. Darcy
* @author Scott Seligman
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* @see ClassType
* @since 1.5
*/
@Deprecated
@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
public interface ClassDeclaration extends TypeDeclaration {
/**
* Returns the class type directly extended by this class.
* The only class with no superclass is <tt>java.lang.Object</tt>,
* for which this method returns null.
*
* @return the class type directly extended by this class, or null
* if there is none
*/
ClassType getSuperclass();
/**
* Returns the constructors of this class.
* This includes the default constructor if this class has
* no constructors explicitly declared.
*
* @return the constructors of this class
*
* @see com.sun.mirror.util.DeclarationFilter
*/
Collection<ConstructorDeclaration> getConstructors();
/**
* {@inheritDoc}
*/
Collection<MethodDeclaration> getMethods();
}