24  */
  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.

  24  */
  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 {@linkplain ExecutableType executable type} defined
  45      * by this executable element.
  46      *
  47      * @return the type executable type defined by this executable element
  48      */
  49     @Override
  50     TypeMirror asType();
  51 
  52     /**
  53      * Returns the formal type parameters of this executable
  54      * in declaration order.
  55      *
  56      * @return the formal type parameters, or an empty list
  57      * if there are none
  58      */
  59     List<? extends TypeParameterElement> getTypeParameters();
  60 
  61     /**
  62      * Returns the return type of this executable.
  63      * Returns a {@link NoType} with kind {@link TypeKind#VOID VOID}
  64      * if this executable is not a method, or is a method that does not
  65      * return a value.
  66      *
  67      * @return the return type of this executable
  68      */
  69     TypeMirror getReturnType();
  70 
  71     /**
  72      * Returns the formal parameters of this executable.