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 * SonarQube Java
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package org.sonar.plugins.java.api.semantic;

import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.ClassTree;
import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.IdentifierTree;
import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.LabeledStatementTree;
import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.MethodTree;
import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.Tree;
import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.VariableTree;

import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Interface to access symbol information.
 */
public interface Symbol {

  /**
   * Name of this symbol.
   * @return simple name of the symbol.
   */
  String name();

  /**
   * The owner of this symbol.
   * @return the symbol that owns this symbol.
   */
  Symbol owner();

  /**
   * Type of symbol.
   * @return the type of this symbol.
   */
  Type type();

  // kinds of symbols
  boolean isVariableSymbol();

  boolean isTypeSymbol();

  boolean isMethodSymbol();

  boolean isPackageSymbol();

  // flags method
  boolean isStatic();

  boolean isFinal();

  boolean isEnum();

  boolean isInterface();

  boolean isAbstract();

  boolean isPublic();

  boolean isPrivate();

  boolean isProtected();

  boolean isPackageVisibility();

  boolean isDeprecated();

  boolean isVolatile();

  boolean isUnknown();

  /**
   * Symbol metadata informations, annotations for instance.
   * @return the metadata of this symbol.
   */
  SymbolMetadata metadata();

  /**
   * The closest enclosing class.
   * @return null for package symbols, themselves for type symbol and enclosing class of methods or variables.
   */
  @Nullable
  TypeSymbol enclosingClass();

  /**
   * The identifier trees that reference this symbol.
   * @return a list of IdentifierTree referencing this symbol. An empty list if this symbol is unused.
   */
  List usages();

  /**
   * Declaration node of this symbol. Currently, only works for declaration within the same file.
   * @return the Tree of the declaration of this symbol. Null if declaration does not occur in the currently analyzed file.
   */
  @Nullable
  Tree declaration();

  /**
   * Symbol for a type : class, enum, interface or annotation.
   */
  interface TypeSymbol extends Symbol {

    /**
     * Returns the superclass of this type symbol.
     * @return null for java.lang.Object, the superclass for every other type.
     */
    @CheckForNull
    Type superClass();

    /**
     * Interfaces implemented by this type.
     * @return an empty list if this type does not implement any interface.
     */
    List interfaces();

    /**
     * List of symbols defined by this type symbols.
     * This will not return any inherited symbol.
     * @return The collection of symbols defined by this type.
     */
    Collection memberSymbols();

    /**
     * Lookup symbols accessible from this type with the name passed in parameter.
     * @param name name of searched symbol.
     * @return A collection of symbol matching the looked up name.
     */
    Collection lookupSymbols(String name);

    @Nullable
    @Override
    ClassTree declaration();

  }

  /**
   * Symbol for field, method parameters and local variables.
   */
  interface VariableSymbol extends Symbol {

    @Nullable
    @Override
    VariableTree declaration();

  }

  /**
   * Symbol for methods.
   */
  interface MethodSymbol extends Symbol {

    /**
     * Type of parameters declared by this method.
     * @return empty list if method has a zero arity.
     */
    List parameterTypes();

    TypeSymbol returnType();

    /**
     * List of the exceptions that can be thrown by the method.
     * @return empty list if no exception are declared in the throw clause of the method.
     */
    List thrownTypes();

    @Nullable
    @Override
    MethodTree declaration();

  }

  /**
   * Label symbol. Note: this is not a Symbol per say.
   */
  interface LabelSymbol {

    /**
     * Name of that label.
     */
    String name();

    /**
     * Usages tree of this label.
     */
    List usages();

    /**
     * Declaration tree of this label.
     */
    LabeledStatementTree declaration();

  }

}