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package org.eclipse.jdt.core.jdom;
/**
* Represents a method declaration.
* The corresponding syntactic units are MethodDeclaration (JLS2 8.4),
* ConstructorDeclaration (JLS2 8.8), and AbstractMethodDeclaration (JLS2 9.4).
* A method has no children and its parent is a type.
* Local classes are considered to be part of the body of a method, not a child.
* Annotation type members, added in J2SE 1.5, are represented as methods.
*
* @deprecated The JDOM was made obsolete by the addition in 2.0 of the more
* powerful, fine-grained DOM/AST API found in the
* org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom package.
* @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
*/
public interface IDOMMethod extends IDOMMember {
/**
* Adds the given exception to the end of the list of exceptions this method
* is declared to throw.
* The syntax for an exception type name is defined by Method Throws (JLS2 8.4.4).
* Type names must be specified as they would appear in source code. For
* example: "IOException"
or "java.io.IOException"
.
* This is a convenience method for setExceptions
.
*
* @param exceptionType the exception type
* @exception IllegalArgumentException if null
is specified
* @see #setExceptions(String[])
*/
public void addException(String exceptionType) throws IllegalArgumentException;
/**
* Adds the given parameter to the end of the parameter list.
* This is a convenience method for setParameters
.
* The syntax for parameter names is defined by Formal Parameters (JLS2 8.4.1).
* The syntax for type names is defined by Formal Parameters (JLS2 8.4.1).
* Type names must be specified as they would appear in source code. For
* example: "File"
, "java.io.File"
, or
* "int[]"
.
*
* @param type the type name
* @param name the parameter name
* @exception IllegalArgumentException if null
is specified for
* either the type or the name
* @see #setParameters(String[], String[])
*/
public void addParameter(String type, String name) throws IllegalArgumentException;
/**
* Returns the body of this method. The method body includes all code following
* the method declaration, including the enclosing braces.
*
* @return the body, or null
if the method has no body (for
* example, for an abstract or native method)
*/
public String getBody();
/**
* Sets the default value expression for an annotation type member.
*
* @param defaultValue the default value expression, or null
indicating
* the member does not have a default value
* @since 3.0
*/
public void setDefault(String defaultValue);
/**
* Returns the default value expression for an annotation type member.
*
* @return the default value expression, or null
indicating
* the member does not have a default value
* @since 3.0
*/
public String getDefault();
/**
* Returns the names of the exception types this method throws
* in the order in which they are declared in the source, or an empty array
* if this method declares no exception types.
* The syntax for an exception type name is defined by Method Throws (JLS2 8.4.4).
* Type names appear as they would in source code. For example:
* "IOException"
or "java.io.IOException"
.
*
* @return the list of exception types
*/
public String[] getExceptions();
/**
* Returns the formal type parameters for this method.
* Returns an empty array if this method has no formal type parameters.
* Formal type parameters are as they appear in the source
* code; for example:
* "X extends List<String> & Serializable"
.
*
*
* @return the formal type parameters of this method,
* in the order declared in the source, an empty array if none
* @since 3.0
*/
String[] getTypeParameters();
/**
* The IDOMMethod
refinement of this IDOMNode
* method returns the name of this method. Returns null
for
* constructors. The syntax for a method name is defined by Identifier
* of MethodDeclarator (JLS2 8.4).
*
* @return the name of this method or null
for constructors
*/
public String getName();
/**
* Returns the names of parameters in this method in the order they are declared,
* or null
if no parameters are declared.
* The syntax for parameter names is defined by Formal Parameters (JLS2 8.4.1).
*
* @return the list of parameter names, or null
if no parameters
* are declared
*/
public String[] getParameterNames();
/**
* Returns the type names for the parameters of this method in the order they are declared,
* or null
if no parameters are declared.
* The syntax for type names is defined by Formal Parameters (JLS2 8.4.1).
* Type names must be specified as they would appear in source code. For
* example: "File"
, "java.io.File"
, or
* "int[]"
.
*
* @return the list of parameter types, or null
if no parameters
* are declared
*/
public String[] getParameterTypes();
/**
* Returns the return type name, or null
.
* Returns null
for constructors.
* The syntax for return type name corresponds to ReturnType in
* MethodDeclaration (JLS2 8.4). Names are returned as they appear in the source
* code; for example: "File"
, "java.io.File"
,
* "int[]"
, or "void"
.
*
* @return the return type
*/
public String getReturnType();
/**
* Returns whether this method is a constructor.
*
* @return true
for constructors, and false
for methods
*/
public boolean isConstructor();
/**
* Sets the body of this method. The method body includes all code following
* the method declaration, including the enclosing braces. No formatting or
* syntax checking is performed on the body.
*
* @param body the body, or null
indicating the method has no body (for
* example, for an abstract or native method)
*/
public void setBody(String body);
/**
* Sets whether this method represents a constructor.
*
* @param b true
for constructors, and false
for methods
*/
public void setConstructor(boolean b);
/**
* Sets the names of the exception types this method throws,
* in the order in which they are declared in the source. An empty array
* indicates this method declares no exception types.
* The syntax for an exception type name is defined by Method Throws (JLS2 8.4.4).
* Type names must be specified as they would appear in source code. For
* example: "IOException"
or "java.io.IOException"
.
*
* @param exceptionTypes the list of exception types
*/
public void setExceptions(String[] exceptionTypes);
/**
* Sets the formal type parameters for this method.
* Formal type parameters are given as they appear in the source
* code; for example:
* "X extends List<String> & Serializable"
.
*
*
* @param typeParameters the formal type parameters of this method,
* in the order to appear in the source, an empty array if none
* @since 3.0
*/
void setTypeParameters(String[] typeParameters);
/**
* The IDOMMethod
refinement of this IDOMNode
* method sets the name of this method. The syntax for a method
* name is defined by Identifer of MethodDeclarator (JLS2 8.4).
*
* The name of a constructor is always null
and thus it
* must not be set.
*
*
* @param name the given name
* @exception IllegalArgumentException if null
is specified
*/
public void setName(String name) throws IllegalArgumentException;
/**
* Sets the types and names of parameters in this method in the order they are
* to be declared. If both types
and names
are null
* this indicates that this method has no parameters.
* The syntax for parameter names is defined by Formal Parameters (JLS2 8.4.1).
* The syntax for type names is defined by Formal Parameters (JLS2 8.4.1).
* Type names must be specified as they would appear in source code. For
* example: "File"
, "java.io.File"
, or
* "int[]"
.
*
* @param types the list of type names
* @param names the list of parameter name
* @exception IllegalArgumentException if the number of types and names do not
* match, or if either argument is null
*/
public void setParameters(String[] types, String[] names) throws IllegalArgumentException;
/**
* Sets the return type name. This has no effect on constructors.
* The syntax for return type name corresponds to ReturnType in
* MethodDeclaration (JLS2 8.4). Type names are specified as they appear in the
* source code; for example: "File"
, "java.io.File"
,
* "int[]"
, or "void"
.
*
* @param type the return type
* @exception IllegalArgumentException if null
is specified
*/
public void setReturnType(String type) throws IllegalArgumentException;
}