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package javax.lang.model.util;
import javax.lang.model.AnnotatedConstruct;
import javax.annotation.processing.ProcessingEnvironment;
import javax.lang.model.element.AnnotationMirror;
import javax.lang.model.element.AnnotationValue;
import javax.lang.model.element.Element;
import javax.lang.model.element.ExecutableElement;
import javax.lang.model.element.Name;
import javax.lang.model.element.PackageElement;
import javax.lang.model.element.TypeElement;
import javax.lang.model.element.VariableElement;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* Utility methods for operating on program elements.
*
* Compatibility Note: Methods may be added to this interface
* in future releases of the platform.
*
* @author Joseph D. Darcy
* @author Scott Seligman
* @author Peter von der Ahé
* @see ProcessingEnvironment#getElementUtils
* @since 1.6
*/
public interface Elements
{
/**
* Returns a package given its fully qualified name.
*
* @param name fully qualified package name, or "" for an unnamed package
*
* @return the named package, or {@code null} if it cannot be found
*/
javax.lang.model.element.PackageElement getPackageElement(CharSequence name);
/**
* Returns a type element given its canonical name.
*
* @param name the canonical name
*
* @return the named type element, or {@code null} if it cannot be found
*/
javax.lang.model.element.TypeElement getTypeElement(CharSequence name);
/**
* Returns the values of an annotation's elements, including defaults.
*
* @param a annotation to examine
*
* @return the values of the annotation's elements, including defaults
*
* @see javax.lang.model.element.AnnotationMirror#getElementValues()
*/
Map
getElementValuesWithDefaults(javax.lang.model.element.AnnotationMirror a);
/**
* Returns the text of the documentation ("Javadoc")
* comment of an element.
*
*
A documentation comment of an element is a comment that
* begins with "{@code /**}" , ends with a separate
* "*/", and immediately precedes the element,
* ignoring white space. Therefore, a documentation comment
* contains at least three"{@code *}" characters. The text
* returned for the documentation comment is a processed form of
* the comment as it appears in source code. The leading "{@code
* /**}" and trailing "*/" are removed. For lines
* of the comment starting after the initial "{@code /**}",
* leading white space characters are discarded as are any
* consecutive "{@code *}" characters appearing after the white
* space or starting the line. The processed lines are then
* concatenated together (including line terminators) and
* returned.
*
* @param e the element being examined
*
* @return the documentation comment of the element, or {@code null}
* if there is none
*/
String getDocComment(javax.lang.model.element.Element e);
/**
* Returns {@code true} if the element is deprecated, {@code false} otherwise.
*
* @param e the element being examined
*
* @return {@code true} if the element is deprecated, {@code false} otherwise
*/
boolean isDeprecated(javax.lang.model.element.Element e);
/**
* Returns the binary name of a type element.
*
* @param type the type element being examined
*
* @return the binary name
* @see javax.lang.model.element.TypeElement#getQualifiedName
*/
javax.lang.model.element.Name getBinaryName(javax.lang.model.element.TypeElement type);
/**
* Returns the package of an element. The package of a package is
* itself.
*
* @param type the element being examined
*
* @return the package of an element
*/
PackageElement getPackageOf(javax.lang.model.element.Element type);
/**
* Returns all members of a type element, whether inherited or
* declared directly. For a class the result also includes its
* constructors, but not local or anonymous classes.
*
*
Note that elements of certain kinds can be isolated using
* methods in {@link ElementFilter}.
*
* @param type the type being examined
*
* @return all members of the type
*
* @see javax.lang.model.element.Element#getEnclosedElements
*/
List getAllMembers(javax.lang.model.element.TypeElement type);
/**
* Returns all annotations present on an element, whether
* directly present or present via inheritance.
*
* @param e the element being examined
*
* @return all annotations of the element
*
* @see javax.lang.model.element.Element#getAnnotationMirrors
* @see AnnotatedConstruct
*/
List getAllAnnotationMirrors(javax.lang.model.element.Element e);
/**
* Tests whether one type, method, or field hides another.
*
* @param hider the first element
* @param hidden the second element
*
* @return {@code true} if and only if the first element hides
* the second
*/
boolean hides(javax.lang.model.element.Element hider, javax.lang.model.element.Element hidden);
/**
* Tests whether one method, as a member of a given type,
* overrides another method.
* When a non-abstract method overrides an abstract one, the
* former is also said to implement the latter.
*
*
In the simplest and most typical usage, the value of the
* {@code type} parameter will simply be the class or interface
* directly enclosing {@code overrider} (the possibly-overriding
* method). For example, suppose {@code m1} represents the method
* {@code String.hashCode} and {@code m2} represents {@code
* Object.hashCode}. We can then ask whether {@code m1} overrides
* {@code m2} within the class {@code String} (it does):
*
*
* {@code assert elements.overrides(m1, m2,
* elements.getTypeElement("java.lang.String")); }
*
*
* A more interesting case can be illustrated by the following example
* in which a method in type {@code A} does not override a
* like-named method in type {@code B}:
*
*
* {@code class A { public void m() {} } }
* {@code interface B { void m(); } }
* ...
* {@code m1 = ...; // A.m }
* {@code m2 = ...; // B.m }
* {@code assert ! elements.overrides(m1, m2,
* elements.getTypeElement("A")); }
*
*
* When viewed as a member of a third type {@code C}, however,
* the method in {@code A} does override the one in {@code B}:
*
*
* {@code class C extends A implements B {} }
* ...
* {@code assert elements.overrides(m1, m2,
* elements.getTypeElement("C")); }
*
*
* @param overrider the first method, possible overrider
* @param overridden the second method, possibly being overridden
* @param type the type of which the first method is a member
*
* @return {@code true} if and only if the first method overrides
* the second
*/
boolean overrides(javax.lang.model.element.ExecutableElement overrider, ExecutableElement overridden,
javax.lang.model.element.TypeElement type);
/**
* Returns the text of a constant expression representing a
* primitive value or a string.
* The text returned is in a form suitable for representing the value
* in source code.
*
* @param value a primitive value or string
*
* @return the text of a constant expression
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the argument is not a primitive
* value or string
* @see VariableElement#getConstantValue()
*/
String getConstantExpression(Object value);
/**
* Prints a representation of the elements to the given writer in
* the specified order. The main purpose of this method is for
* diagnostics. The exact format of the output is not
* specified and is subject to change.
*
* @param w the writer to print the output to
* @param elements the elements to print
*/
void printElements(java.io.Writer w, Element... elements);
/**
* Return a name with the same sequence of characters as the
* argument.
*
* @param cs the character sequence to return as a name
*
* @return a name with the same sequence of characters as the argument
*/
Name getName(CharSequence cs);
/**
* Returns {@code true} if the type element is a functional interface, {@code false} otherwise.
*
* @param type the type element being examined
*
* @return {@code true} if the element is a functional interface, {@code false} otherwise
*
* @since 1.8
*/
boolean isFunctionalInterface(TypeElement type);
}