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package org.springframework.core.type;
/**
* Interface that defines abstract access to the annotations of a specific
* class, in a form that does not require that class to be loaded yet.
*
* @author Juergen Hoeller
* @author Mark Pollack
* @author Chris Beams
* @author Phillip Webb
* @since 3.0
* @see StandardMethodMetadata
* @see AnnotationMetadata#getAnnotatedMethods
* @see AnnotatedTypeMetadata
*/
public interface MethodMetadata extends AnnotatedTypeMetadata {
/**
* Return the name of the method.
*/
String getMethodName();
/**
* Return the fully-qualified name of the class that declares this method.
*/
String getDeclaringClassName();
/**
* Return the fully-qualified name of this method's declared return type.
* @since 4.2
*/
String getReturnTypeName();
/**
* Return whether the underlying method is effectively abstract:
* i.e. marked as abstract on a class or declared as a regular,
* non-default method in an interface.
* @since 4.2
*/
boolean isAbstract();
/**
* Return whether the underlying method is declared as 'static'.
*/
boolean isStatic();
/**
* Return whether the underlying method is marked as 'final'.
*/
boolean isFinal();
/**
* Return whether the underlying method is overridable,
* i.e. not marked as static, final or private.
*/
boolean isOverridable();
}