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package soot;

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import java.util.List;

import soot.SootMethodRefImpl.ClassResolutionFailedException;
import soot.options.Options;
import soot.util.NumberedString;

/**
 * Representation of a reference to a method as it appears in a class file. Note that the method directly referred to may not
 * actually exist; the actual target of the reference is determined according to the resolution procedure in the Java Virtual
 * Machine Specification, 2nd ed, section 5.4.3.3.
 */
public interface SootMethodRef extends SootMethodInterface {

  /**
   * Use {@link #getDeclaringClass()} instead
   */
  public @Deprecated SootClass declaringClass();

  /**
   * Use {@link #getName()} instead
   */
  public @Deprecated String name();

  /**
   * Use {@link #getParameterTypes()} instead
   */
  public @Deprecated List parameterTypes();

  /**
   * Use {@link #getReturnType()} instead
   */
  public @Deprecated Type returnType();

  public boolean isStatic();

  public NumberedString getSubSignature();

  public String getSignature();

  /**
   * Use {@link #getParameterType(int)} instead
   */
  public @Deprecated Type parameterType(int i);

  /**
   * Resolves this method call, i.e., finds the method to which this reference points. This method does not handle virtual
   * dispatch, it just gives the immediate target, which can also be an abstract method.
   *
   * @return The immediate target if this method reference
   * @throws ClassResolutionFailedException
   *           (can be suppressed by {@link Options#set_ignore_resolution_errors(boolean)})
   */
  public SootMethod resolve();

  /**
   * Tries to resolve this method call, i.e., tries to finds the method to which this reference points. This method does not
   * handle virtual dispatch, it just gives the immediate target, which can also be an abstract method. This method is
   * different from {@link #resolve()} in the following ways:
   *
   * (1) This method does not fail when the target method does not exist and phantom references are not allowed. In that
   * case, it returns null. (2) While {@link #resolve()} creates fake methods that throw exceptions when a
   * target method does not exist and phantom references are allowed, this method returns null.
   *
   * @return The immediate target if this method reference if available, null otherwise
   */
  public SootMethod tryResolve();

}