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  25 
  26 package javax.lang.model.element;
  27 
  28 import java.util.List;
  29 import javax.lang.model.util.Types;
  30 import javax.lang.model.type.*;
  31 
  32 /**
  33  * Represents a method, constructor, or initializer (static or
  34  * instance) of a class or interface, including annotation type
  35  * elements.
  36  *
  37  * @author Joseph D. Darcy
  38  * @author Scott Seligman
  39  * @author Peter von der Ahé
  40  * @see ExecutableType
  41  * @since 1.6
  42  */
  43 public interface ExecutableElement extends Element, Parameterizable {
  44     /**
  45      * Returns the formal type parameters of this executable
  46      * in declaration order.
  47      *
  48      * @return the formal type parameters, or an empty list
  49      * if there are none
  50      */
  51     List<? extends TypeParameterElement> getTypeParameters();
  52 
  53     /**
  54      * Returns the return type of this executable.
  55      * Returns a {@link NoType} with kind {@link TypeKind#VOID VOID}
  56      * if this executable is not a method, or is a method that does not
  57      * return a value.
  58      *
  59      * @return the return type of this executable
  60      */
  61     TypeMirror getReturnType();
  62 
  63     /**
  64      * Returns the formal parameters of this executable.
  65      * They are returned in declaration order.
  66      *
  67      * @return the formal parameters,
  68      * or an empty list if there are none
  69      */
  70     List<? extends VariableElement> getParameters();
  71 
  72     /**
  73      * Returns {@code true} if this method or constructor accepts a variable
  74      * number of arguments and returns {@code false} otherwise.
  75      *
  76      * @return {@code true} if this method or constructor accepts a variable
  77      * number of arguments and {@code false} otherwise
  78      */
  79     boolean isVarArgs();
  80 
  81     /**
  82      * Returns the exceptions and other throwables listed in this
  83      * method or constructor's {@code throws} clause in declaration
  84      * order.
  85      *
  86      * @return the exceptions and other throwables listed in the
  87      * {@code throws} clause, or an empty list if there are none
  88      */
  89     List<? extends TypeMirror> getThrownTypes();
  90 
  91     /**
  92      * Returns the default value if this executable is an annotation
  93      * type element.  Returns {@code null} if this method is not an
  94      * annotation type element, or if it is an annotation type element
  95      * with no default value.
  96      *
  97      * @return the default value, or {@code null} if none
  98      */
  99     AnnotationValue getDefaultValue();
 100 }