126 * @param type the element being examined
127 * @return the package of an element
128 */
129 PackageElement getPackageOf(Element type);
130
131 /**
132 * Returns all members of a type element, whether inherited or
133 * declared directly. For a class the result also includes its
134 * constructors, but not local or anonymous classes.
135 *
136 * <p>Note that elements of certain kinds can be isolated using
137 * methods in {@link ElementFilter}.
138 *
139 * @param type the type being examined
140 * @return all members of the type
141 * @see Element#getEnclosedElements
142 */
143 List<? extends Element> getAllMembers(TypeElement type);
144
145 /**
146 * Returns all annotations of an element, whether
147 * inherited or directly present.
148 *
149 * @param e the element being examined
150 * @return all annotations of the element
151 * @see Element#getAnnotationMirrors
152 */
153 List<? extends AnnotationMirror> getAllAnnotationMirrors(Element e);
154
155 /**
156 * Tests whether one type, method, or field hides another.
157 *
158 * @param hider the first element
159 * @param hidden the second element
160 * @return {@code true} if and only if the first element hides
161 * the second
162 */
163 boolean hides(Element hider, Element hidden);
164
165 /**
166 * Tests whether one method, as a member of a given type,
167 * overrides another method.
168 * When a non-abstract method overrides an abstract one, the
169 * former is also said to <i>implement</i> the latter.
170 *
171 * <p> In the simplest and most typical usage, the value of the
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126 * @param type the element being examined
127 * @return the package of an element
128 */
129 PackageElement getPackageOf(Element type);
130
131 /**
132 * Returns all members of a type element, whether inherited or
133 * declared directly. For a class the result also includes its
134 * constructors, but not local or anonymous classes.
135 *
136 * <p>Note that elements of certain kinds can be isolated using
137 * methods in {@link ElementFilter}.
138 *
139 * @param type the type being examined
140 * @return all members of the type
141 * @see Element#getEnclosedElements
142 */
143 List<? extends Element> getAllMembers(TypeElement type);
144
145 /**
146 * Returns all annotations <i>present</i> on an element, whether
147 * directly present or present via inheritance.
148 *
149 * @param e the element being examined
150 * @return all annotations of the element
151 * @see Element#getAnnotationMirrors
152 * @see javax.lang.model.AnnotatedConstruct
153 */
154 List<? extends AnnotationMirror> getAllAnnotationMirrors(Element e);
155
156 /**
157 * Tests whether one type, method, or field hides another.
158 *
159 * @param hider the first element
160 * @param hidden the second element
161 * @return {@code true} if and only if the first element hides
162 * the second
163 */
164 boolean hides(Element hider, Element hidden);
165
166 /**
167 * Tests whether one method, as a member of a given type,
168 * overrides another method.
169 * When a non-abstract method overrides an abstract one, the
170 * former is also said to <i>implement</i> the latter.
171 *
172 * <p> In the simplest and most typical usage, the value of the
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