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/* ClassDoc.java -- Document a Java class or interface

   Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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package com.sun.javadoc;

public interface ClassDoc extends ProgramElementDoc, Type

{

/**

  * This method tests whether or not the class represented by this object

  * is abstract.

  *

  * @return <code>true</code> if the class is abstract, <code>false</code>,

  * otherwise.

  */

public abstract boolean

isAbstract();

/*************************************************************************/

/**

  * This method tests whether or not the class represented by this object

  * is serializable.  That is, whether or not the class implements the

  * <code>java.io.Serializable</code> interface.  This includes classes

  * which are externalizable.

  *

  * @return <code>true</code> if the class is serializable,

  * <code>false</code> otherwise.

  */

public abstract boolean

isSerializable();

/*************************************************************************/

/**

  * This method tests whether or not the class represented by this object

  * is externalizable.  That is, whether or not the class implements the

  * <code>java.io.Externalizable</code> interface.

  *

  * @return <code>true</code> if the class is externalizable,

  * <code>false</code> otherwise.

  */

public abstract boolean

isExternalizable();

/*************************************************************************/

/**

  * This method returns the serialization methods for the class

  * represented by this object.  Is the custom readObject/writeObject

  * methods?

  *

  * @return The serialization methods for this class.

  */

public abstract MethodDoc[]

serializationMethods();

/*************************************************************************/

/**

  * This method returns the list of fields that are serialized in this

  * class.  This will return either the list of fields with an

  * "@serial" declaration, or, if it exists, the

  * <code>serialPersistentField</code> field.

  *

  * @return The list of serializable fields.

  */

public abstract FieldDoc[]

serializableFields();

/*************************************************************************/

/**

  * This method tests whether or not the class represented by this object

  * specifically defines its serializable fields in a

  * <code>serialPersistentFields</code> field.

  *

  * @return <code>true</code> if this class explicitly defines its

  * serializable fields, <code>false</code> otherwise.

  */

public abstract boolean

definesSerializableFields();

/*************************************************************************/

/**

  * This method returns the superclass of the class represented by this

  * object.

  *

  * @return The superclass of this class.

  */

public abstract ClassDoc

superclass();

/*************************************************************************/

/**

  * This method tests whether or not the class represented by this object is

  * a subclass of the specified class.

  *

  * @param cls The <code>ClassDoc</code> object of the class to test against.

  *

  * @return <code>true</code> if this class is a subclass of the specified

  * class, <code>false</code> otherwise.

  */

public abstract boolean

subclassOf(ClassDoc cls);

/*************************************************************************/

/**

  * This method returns this list of interfaces implemented (or in the case

  * of interfaces, extended) by this class.  This list will only include

  * interfaces directly implemented by this class, not those inherited by

  * interfaced implemented in this class.

  *

  * @return The list of interfaces this class implements.

  */

public abstract ClassDoc[]

interfaces();

/*************************************************************************/

/**

  * This method returns the list of fields that are visible to the user in

  * this class, or the list of all fields in this class.

  *

  * @param filtered if true, only return visible (included) fields;

  * otherwise, return all fields.

  *

  * @return The list of visible fields in this class, or the list of

  * all fields in this class.

  */

public abstract FieldDoc[]

fields(boolean filtered);

/*************************************************************************/

/**

  * This method returns the list of fields that are visible to the user in

  * this class.  Does this depend on the -private -protected, etc flags

  * passed to javadoc?

  *

  * @return The list of visible fields in this class.

  */

public abstract FieldDoc[]

fields();

/*************************************************************************/

/**

  * This method returns either the list of methods that are visible to

  * the user in the class represented by this object, or a list of all

  * methods, excluding constructor methods.

  *

  * @param filtered if true, only return visible (included) methods;

  * otherwise, return all methods.

  *

  * @return The list of all methods in this class, or the list of

  * visible methods in this class.

  */

public abstract MethodDoc[]

methods(boolean filtered);

/*************************************************************************/

/**

  * This method returns the list of methods that are visible to the user in

  * the class represented by this object, excluding constructor methods.

  *

  * @return The list of visible methods in this class.

  */

public abstract MethodDoc[]

methods();

/*************************************************************************/

/**

  * This method returns either the list of constructors that are

  * visible to the user in the class represented by this object, or

  * the list of all constructors.

  *

  * @param filtered if true, only return visible (included)

  * constructors; otherwise, return all constructors.

  *

  * @return The list of all constructors in this class, or the list

  * of visible constructors in this class.

  */

public abstract ConstructorDoc[]

constructors(boolean filtered);

/*************************************************************************/

/**

  * This method returns the list of constructors that are visible to the user

  * in the class represented by this object.

  *

  * @return The list visible constructors in this class.

  */

public abstract ConstructorDoc[]

constructors();

/*************************************************************************/

/**

  * This method returns the list of inner classes that are visible to

  * the user within the class represented by this object.

  *

  * @return The list of visible inner classes for this object.

  */

public abstract ClassDoc[]

innerClasses();

/*************************************************************************/

/**

  * This method returns the list of all inner classes within the class

  * represented by this object, or the list of visible inner classes

  * in this class.

  *

  * @param filtered if true, only return visible (included) inner

  * classes; otherwise, return all inner classes.

  *

  * @return The list of all inner classes for this object, or the list

  * of visible inner classes.

  */

public abstract ClassDoc[]

innerClasses(boolean filtered);

/*************************************************************************/

/**

  * This method returns a <code>ClassDoc</code> for the named class.  The

  * following search order is used:

  * <p>

  * <ol>

  * <li>Fully qualified class name.

  * <li>Inner classes within this class.

  * <li>In the current package.

  * <li>In the imports for this class.

  * </ol>

  *

  * @param name The name of the class to find.

  *

  * @return The requested class, or <code>null</code> if the requested

  * class cannot be found.

  */

public abstract ClassDoc

findClass(String name);

/*************************************************************************/

/**

  * This method returns the list of classes that are imported.  This

  * excludes any imports of complete packages.

  *

  * @return The list of imported classes.

  */

public abstract ClassDoc[]

importedClasses();

/*************************************************************************/

/**

  * This method returns the list of packages that are imported. This

  * excludes any individual class imports.

  *

  * @return The list of imported packages.

  */

public abstract PackageDoc[]

importedPackages();

/*************************************************************************/

/**

  * This method returns the formal type parameters of this class.

  * The returned array is empty if the class does not represent a

  * parameterized type.

  *

  * @return The list of type parameters.

  * @since 1.5

  */

TypeVariable[]

typeParameters();

} // interface ClassDoc