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package com.sun.javadoc;
/**
* Represents a method or constructor of a java class.
*
* @since 1.2
* @author Robert Field
*/
public interface ExecutableMemberDoc extends MemberDoc {
/**
* Return exceptions this method or constructor throws.
* If the type of the exception is a type variable, return the
* <code>ClassDoc</code> of its erasure.
*
* <p> <i>The <code>thrownExceptions</code> method cannot
* accommodate certain generic type constructs. The
* <code>thrownExceptionTypes</code> method should be used
* instead.</i>
*
* @return an array of ClassDoc[] representing the exceptions
* thrown by this method.
* @see #thrownExceptionTypes
*/
ClassDoc[] thrownExceptions();
/**
* Return exceptions this method or constructor throws.
*
* @return an array representing the exceptions thrown by this method.
* Each array element is either a <code>ClassDoc</code> or a
* <code>TypeVariable</code>.
* @since 1.5
*/
Type[] thrownExceptionTypes();
/**
* Return true if this method is native
*/
boolean isNative();
/**
* Return true if this method is synchronized
*/
boolean isSynchronized();
/**
* Return true if this method was declared to take a variable number
* of arguments.
*
* @since 1.5
*/
public boolean isVarArgs();
/**
* Get argument information.
*
* @see Parameter
*
* @return an array of Parameter, one element per argument
* in the order the arguments are present.
*/
Parameter[] parameters();
/**
* Return the throws tags in this method.
*
* @return an array of ThrowTag containing all <code>&#64exception</code>
* and <code>&#64throws</code> tags.
*/
ThrowsTag[] throwsTags();
/**
* Return the param tags in this method, excluding the type
* parameter tags.
*
* @return an array of ParamTag containing all <code>&#64param</code> tags
* corresponding to the parameters of this method.
*/
ParamTag[] paramTags();
/**
* Return the type parameter tags in this method.
*
* @return an array of ParamTag containing all <code>&#64param</code> tags
* corresponding to the type parameters of this method.
* @since 1.5
*/
ParamTag[] typeParamTags();
/**
* Get the signature. It is the parameter list, type is qualified.
* For instance, for a method <code>mymethod(String x, int y)</code>,
* it will return <code>(java.lang.String,int)</code>.
*/
String signature();
/**
* get flat signature. all types are not qualified.
* return a String, which is the flat signiture of this member.
* It is the parameter list, type is not qualified.
* For instance, for a method <code>mymethod(String x, int y)</code>,
* it will return <code>(String, int)</code>.
*/
String flatSignature();
/**
* Return the formal type parameters of this method or constructor.
* Return an empty array if this method or constructor is not generic.
*
* @return the formal type parameters of this method or constructor.
* @since 1.5
*/
TypeVariable[] typeParameters();
}