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 * @(#)ExecutableDeclaration.java	1.2 04/03/08
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package com.sun.mirror.declaration;


import java.util.Collection;

import com.sun.mirror.type.ReferenceType;


/**
 * Represents a method or constructor of a class or interface.
 *
 * @author Joseph D. Darcy
 * @author Scott Seligman
 * @version 1.2 04/03/08
 * @since 1.5
 */

public interface ExecutableDeclaration extends MemberDeclaration {

	/**
	 * Returns true if this method or constructor accepts a variable
	 * number of arguments.
	 *
	 * @return true if this method or constructor accepts a variable
	 *         number of arguments
	 */
	boolean isVarArgs();

	/**
	 * Returns the formal type parameters of this method or constructor.
	 * They are returned in declaration order.
	 *
	 * @return the formal type parameters of this method or constructor,
	 *         or an empty collection if there are none
	 */
	Collection getFormalTypeParameters();

	/**
	 * Returns the formal parameters of this method or constructor.
	 * They are returned in declaration order.
	 *
	 * @return the formal parameters of this method or constructor,
	 *         or an empty collection if there are none
	 */
	Collection getParameters();

	/**
	 * Returns the exceptions and other throwables listed in this
	 * method or constructor's throws clause.
	 *
	 * @return the exceptions and other throwables listed in the
	 *         throws clause, or an empty collection if there are none
	 */
	Collection getThrownTypes();
}