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package com.sun.javadoc;

/**
 * Represents a java program element: class, interface, field,
 * constructor, or method.
 * This is an abstract class dealing with information common to
 * these elements.
 *
 * @see MemberDoc
 * @see ClassDoc
 *
 * @author Robert Field
 *
 * @deprecated
 *   The declarations in this package have been superseded by those
 *   in the package {@code jdk.javadoc.doclet}.
 *   For more information, see the Migration Guide in the documentation for that package.
 */
@Deprecated
public interface ProgramElementDoc extends Doc {

    /**
     * Get the containing class or interface of this program element.
     *
     * @return a ClassDoc for this element's containing class or interface.
     * If this is a top-level class or interface, return null.
     */
    ClassDoc containingClass();

    /**
     * Get the package that this program element is contained in.
     *
     * @return a PackageDoc for this element containing package.
     * If in the unnamed package, this PackageDoc will have the
     * name "".
     */
    PackageDoc containingPackage();

    /**
     * Get the fully qualified name of this program element.
     * For example, for the class {@code java.util.Hashtable},
     * return "java.util.Hashtable".
     * 
     * For the method {@code bar()} in class {@code Foo}
     * in the unnamed package, return "Foo.bar".
     *
     * @return the qualified name of the program element as a String.
     */
    String qualifiedName();

    /**
     * Get the modifier specifier integer.
     *
     * @see java.lang.reflect.Modifier
     *
     * @return Get the modifier specifier integer.
     */
    int modifierSpecifier();

    /**
     * Get modifiers string.
     * For example, for:
     * 
     *   public abstract int foo() { ... }
     * 
     * return "public abstract".
     * Annotations are not included.
     *
     * @return "public abstract".
     */
    String modifiers();

    /**
     * Get the annotations of this program element.
     * Return an empty array if there are none.
     *
     * @return the annotations of this program element.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    AnnotationDesc[] annotations();

    /**
     * Return true if this program element is public.
     *
     * @return true if this program element is public.
     */
    boolean isPublic();

    /**
     * Return true if this program element is protected.
     *
     * @return true if this program element is protected.
     */
    boolean isProtected();

    /**
     * Return true if this program element is private.
     *
     * @return true if this program element is private.
     */
    boolean isPrivate();

    /**
     * Return true if this program element is package private.
     *
     * @return true if this program element is package private.
     */
    boolean isPackagePrivate();
    /**
     * Return true if this program element is static.
     *
     * @return true if this program element is static.
     */
    boolean isStatic();

    /**
     * Return true if this program element is final.
     *
     * @return true if this program element is final.
     */
    boolean isFinal();
}