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package org.jboss.weld.util.bytecode;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

/**
 * Data that is needed when working with a method in bytecode
 *
 * @author Stuart Douglas
 */
public interface MethodInformation {

    /**
     * The declaring class name in java dotted form (e.g. java.lang.String)
     */
    String getDeclaringClass();

    /**
     * This may return null if Method is not available yet
     */
    Method getMethod();

    /**
     * Gets the method descriptor
     */
    String getDescriptor();

    /**
     * returns string representations of the parameter types
     */
    String[] getParameterTypes();

    /**
     * Gets the method return type, in descriptor format (e.g. Ljava/lang/String;
     * )
     */
    String getReturnType();

    /**
     * the method name
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * The method modifiers
     *
     * @return The modifiers
     */
    int getModifiers();

}