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package com.sun.javadoc;

/**

 * Represents a java program element: class, interface, field,

 * constructor, or method.

 * This is an abstract class dealing with information common to

 * these elements.

 *

 * @see MemberDoc

 * @see ClassDoc

 *

 * @author Robert Field

 *

 * @deprecated

 *   The declarations in this package have been superseded by those

 *   in the package {@code jdk.javadoc.doclet}.

 *   For more information, see the <i>Migration Guide</i> in the documentation for that package.

 */

@Deprecated(since="9", forRemoval=true)

@SuppressWarnings("removal")

public interface ProgramElementDoc extends Doc {

    /**

     * Get the containing class or interface of this program element.

     *

     * @return a ClassDoc for this element's containing class or interface.

     * If this is a top-level class or interface, return null.

     */

    ClassDoc containingClass();

    /**

     * Get the package that this program element is contained in.

     *

     * @return a PackageDoc for this element containing package.

     * If in the unnamed package, this PackageDoc will have the

     * name "".

     */

    PackageDoc containingPackage();

    /**

     * Get the fully qualified name of this program element.

     * For example, for the class {@code java.util.Hashtable},

     * return "java.util.Hashtable".

     * <p>

     * For the method {@code bar()} in class {@code Foo}

     * in the unnamed package, return "Foo.bar".

     *

     * @return the qualified name of the program element as a String.

     */

    String qualifiedName();

    /**

     * Get the modifier specifier integer.

     *

     * @see java.lang.reflect.Modifier

     *

     * @return Get the modifier specifier integer.

     */

    int modifierSpecifier();

    /**

     * Get modifiers string.

     * For example, for:

     * <pre>

     *   public abstract int foo() { ... }

     * </pre>

     * return "public abstract".

     * Annotations are not included.

     *

     * @return "public abstract".

     */

    String modifiers();

    /**

     * Get the annotations of this program element.

     * Return an empty array if there are none.

     *

     * @return the annotations of this program element.

     * @since 1.5

     */

    AnnotationDesc[] annotations();

    /**

     * Return true if this program element is public.

     *

     * @return true if this program element is public.

     */

    boolean isPublic();

    /**

     * Return true if this program element is protected.

     *

     * @return true if this program element is protected.

     */

    boolean isProtected();

    /**

     * Return true if this program element is private.

     *

     * @return true if this program element is private.

     */

    boolean isPrivate();

    /**

     * Return true if this program element is package private.

     *

     * @return true if this program element is package private.

     */

    boolean isPackagePrivate();

    /**

     * Return true if this program element is static.

     *

     * @return true if this program element is static.

     */

    boolean isStatic();

    /**

     * Return true if this program element is final.

     *

     * @return true if this program element is final.

     */

    boolean isFinal();

}