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package org.netbeans.modules.csl.api;

import java.util.Collection;
import org.netbeans.api.annotations.common.CheckForNull;
import org.netbeans.api.annotations.common.NonNull;
import org.netbeans.modules.csl.api.DeclarationFinder.AlternativeLocation;
import org.netbeans.modules.csl.spi.ParserResult;

/**
 *
 * @author lahvac
 * @since 2.3
 */
public interface OverridingMethods {

    /**Return references to methods that the handle method/class overrides
     *
     * @param info
     * @param handle
     * @return null is equivalent to empty collection
     */
    public @CheckForNull Collection overrides(@NonNull ParserResult info, @NonNull ElementHandle handle);

    /**Whether the {@link OverridingMethods#overriddenBy(org.netbeans.modules.csl.spi.ParserResult, org.netbeans.modules.csl.api.ElementHandle)}
     * method may return non-empty result.
     *
     * @param info
     * @param handle
     * @return false is the {@link OverridingMethods#overriddenBy(org.netbeans.modules.csl.spi.ParserResult, org.netbeans.modules.csl.api.ElementHandle)}
     *               cannot return non-empty result for the given handle.
     */
    public boolean isOverriddenBySupported(@NonNull ParserResult info, @NonNull ElementHandle handle);

    /**Return references to methods that override handle.
     *
     * @param info
     * @param handle
     * @return null is equivalent to empty collection
     */
    public @CheckForNull Collection overriddenBy(@NonNull ParserResult info, @NonNull ElementHandle handle);
    
}