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A packaging of the IntelliJ Community Edition java-psi-api library. This is release number 1 of trunk branch 142.
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 * Copyright 2000-2013 JetBrains s.r.o.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package com.intellij.psi;

import com.intellij.pom.PomRenameableTarget;
import com.intellij.psi.util.MethodSignature;
import com.intellij.psi.util.MethodSignatureBackedByPsiMethod;
import com.intellij.util.ArrayFactory;
import com.intellij.util.IncorrectOperationException;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Represents a Java method or constructor.
 *
 * @see PsiClass#getMethods()
 */
public interface PsiMethod extends PsiMember, PsiNameIdentifierOwner, PsiModifierListOwner, PsiDocCommentOwner, PsiTypeParameterListOwner,
                                   PomRenameableTarget, PsiTarget {
  /**
   * The empty array of PSI methods which can be reused to avoid unnecessary allocations.
   */
  PsiMethod[] EMPTY_ARRAY = new PsiMethod[0];

  ArrayFactory ARRAY_FACTORY = new ArrayFactory() {
    @NotNull
    @Override
    public PsiMethod[] create(final int count) {
      return count == 0 ? EMPTY_ARRAY : new PsiMethod[count];
    }
  };

  /**
   * Returns the return type of the method.
   *
   * @return the method return type, or null if the method is a constructor.
   */
  @Nullable
  PsiType getReturnType();

  /**
   * Returns the type element for the return type of the method.
   *
   * @return the type element for the return type, or null if the method is a constructor.
   */
  @Nullable
  PsiTypeElement getReturnTypeElement();

  /**
   * Returns the parameter list for the method.
   *
   * @return the parameter list instance.
   */
  @NotNull
  PsiParameterList getParameterList();

  /**
   * Returns the list of thrown exceptions for the method.
   *
   * @return the list of thrown exceptions instance.
   */
  @NotNull
  PsiReferenceList getThrowsList();

  /**
   * Returns the body of the method.
   *
   * @return the method body, or null if the method belongs to a compiled class.
   */
  @Nullable
  PsiCodeBlock getBody();

  /**
   * Checks if the method is a constructor.
   *
   * @return true if the method is a constructor, false otherwise
   */
  boolean isConstructor();

  /**
   * Checks if the method accepts a variable number of arguments.
   *
   * @return true if the method is varargs, false otherwise.
   */
  boolean isVarArgs();

  /**
   * Returns the signature of this method, using the specified substitutor to specify
   * values of generic type parameters.
   *
   * @param substitutor the substitutor.
   * @return the method signature instance.
   */
  @NotNull
  MethodSignature getSignature(@NotNull PsiSubstitutor substitutor);

  /**
   * Returns the name identifier for the method.
   *
   * @return the name identifier instance.
   */
  @Override
  @Nullable
  PsiIdentifier getNameIdentifier();

  /**
   * Searches the superclasses and base interfaces of the containing class to find
   * the methods which this method overrides or implements. Can return multiple results
   * if the base class and/or one or more of the implemented interfaces have a method
   * with the same signature. If the overridden method in turn overrides another method,
   * only the directly overridden method is returned.
   *
   * @return the array of super methods, or an empty array if no methods are found.
   */
  @NotNull
  PsiMethod[] findSuperMethods();

  /**
   * Searches the superclasses and base interfaces of the containing class to find
   * the methods which this method overrides or implements, optionally omitting
   * the accessibility check. Can return multiple results if the base class and/or
   * one or more of the implemented interfaces have a method with the same signature.
   * If the overridden method in turn overrides another method, only the directly
   * overridden method is returned.
   *
   * @param checkAccess if false, the super methods are searched even if this method
   *                    is private. If true, an empty result list is returned for private methods.
   * @return the array of super methods, or an empty array if no methods are found.
   */
  @NotNull
  PsiMethod[] findSuperMethods(boolean checkAccess);

  /**
   * Searches the superclasses and base interfaces of the specified class to find
   * the methods which this method can override or implement. Can return multiple results
   * if the base class and/or one or more of the implemented interfaces have a method
   * with the same signature.
   *
   * @param parentClass the class to search for super methods.
   * @return the array of super methods, or an empty array if no methods are found.
   */
  @NotNull
  PsiMethod[] findSuperMethods(PsiClass parentClass);

  /**
   * Searches the superclasses and base interfaces of the containing class to find
   * static and instance methods with the signature matching the signature of this method.
   * Can return multiple results if the base class and/or one or more of the implemented
   * interfaces have a method with the same signature. If the overridden method in turn
   * overrides another method, only the directly overridden method is returned.
   *
   * @param checkAccess if false, the super methods are searched even if this method
   *                    is private. If true, an empty result list is returned for private methods.
   * @return the array of matching method signatures, or an empty array if no methods are found.
   */
  @NotNull
  List findSuperMethodSignaturesIncludingStatic(boolean checkAccess);

  /**
   * Returns the method in the deepest base superclass or interface of the containing class which
   * this method overrides or implements.
   *
   * @return the overridden or implemented method, or null if this method does not override
   *         or implement any other method.
   * @deprecated use {@link #findDeepestSuperMethods()} instead
   */
  @Nullable
  PsiMethod findDeepestSuperMethod();

  @NotNull
  PsiMethod[] findDeepestSuperMethods();

  @Override
  @NotNull
  PsiModifierList getModifierList();

  @Override
  @NotNull
  @NonNls
  String getName();

  @Override
  PsiElement setName(@NonNls @NotNull String name) throws IncorrectOperationException;

  @NotNull
  HierarchicalMethodSignature getHierarchicalMethodSignature();
}