/* * @(#)ClassDeclaration.java 1.3 04/02/20 * * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms. */ 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. * *
While a ClassDeclaration represents the declaration * of a class, a {@link ClassType} represents a class type. * See {@link TypeDeclaration} for more on this distinction. * *
{@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.
*
* @author Joseph D. Darcy
* @author Scott Seligman
* @version 1.3 04/02/20
*
* @see ClassType
* @since 1.5
*/
public interface ClassDeclaration extends TypeDeclaration {
/**
* Returns the class type directly extended by this class.
* The only class with no superclass is java.lang.Object,
* 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