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  25 
  26 package javax.lang.model.element;
  27 
  28 import java.util.List;
  29 import javax.lang.model.type.*;
  30 
  31 /**
  32  * Represents a method, constructor, or initializer (static or
  33  * instance) of a class or interface, including annotation type
  34  * elements.
  35  *
  36  * @author Joseph D. Darcy
  37  * @author Scott Seligman
  38  * @author Peter von der Ahé
  39  * @see ExecutableType
  40  * @since 1.6
  41  */
  42 public interface ExecutableElement extends Element, Parameterizable {
  43     /**
  44      * Returns the formal type parameters of this executable
  45      * in declaration order.
  46      *
  47      * @return the formal type parameters, or an empty list
  48      * if there are none
  49      */
  50     List<? extends TypeParameterElement> getTypeParameters();
  51 
  52     /**
  53      * Returns the return type of this executable.
  54      * Returns a {@link NoType} with kind {@link TypeKind#VOID VOID}
  55      * if this executable is not a method, or is a method that does not
  56      * return a value.
  57      *
  58      * @return the return type of this executable
  59      */
  60     TypeMirror getReturnType();
  61 
  62     /**
  63      * Returns the formal parameters of this executable.
  64      * They are returned in declaration order.
  65      *
  66      * @return the formal parameters,
  67      * or an empty list if there are none
  68      */
  69     List<? extends VariableElement> getParameters();
  70 
  71     /**
  72      * Returns the receiver type of this executable,
  73      * or {@link javax.lang.model.type.NoType NoType} with
  74      * kind {@link javax.lang.model.type.TypeKind#NONE NONE}
  75      * if the executable has no receiver type.
  76      *
  77      * An executable which is an instance method, or a constructor of an
  78      * inner class, has a receiver type derived from the {@linkplain
  79      * #getEnclosingElement declaring type}.
  80      *
  81      * An executable which is a static method, or a constructor of a
  82      * non-inner class, or an initializer (static or instance), has no
  83      * receiver type.
  84      *
  85      * @return the receiver type of this executable
  86      * @since 1.8
  87      */
  88     TypeMirror getReceiverType();
  89 
  90     /**
  91      * Returns {@code true} if this method or constructor accepts a variable
  92      * number of arguments and returns {@code false} otherwise.
  93      *
  94      * @return {@code true} if this method or constructor accepts a variable
  95      * number of arguments and {@code false} otherwise
  96      */
  97     boolean isVarArgs();
  98 
  99     /**
 100      * Returns {@code true} if this method is a default method and
 101      * returns {@code false} otherwise.
 102      *
 103      * @return {@code true} if this method is a default method and
 104      * {@code false} otherwise
 105      * @since 1.8
 106      */
 107     boolean isDefault();
 108 
 109     /**
 110      * Returns the exceptions and other throwables listed in this
 111      * method or constructor's {@code throws} clause in declaration
 112      * order.
 113      *
 114      * @return the exceptions and other throwables listed in the
 115      * {@code throws} clause, or an empty list if there are none
 116      */
 117     List<? extends TypeMirror> getThrownTypes();
 118 
 119     /**
 120      * Returns the default value if this executable is an annotation
 121      * type element.  Returns {@code null} if this method is not an
 122      * annotation type element, or if it is an annotation type element
 123      * with no default value.
 124      *
 125      * @return the default value, or {@code null} if none
 126      */
 127     AnnotationValue getDefaultValue();
 128 
 129     /**
 130      * Returns the simple name of a constructor, method, or
 131      * initializer.  For a constructor, the name {@code "<init>"} is
 132      * returned, for a static initializer, the name {@code "<clinit>"}
 133      * is returned, and for an anonymous class or instance
 134      * initializer, an empty name is returned.
 135      *
 136      * @return the simple name of a constructor, method, or
 137      * initializer
 138      */
 139     @Override
 140     Name getSimpleName();
 141 }