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    25 

    26 package com.sun.mirror.type;

    27 

    28 

    29 import com.sun.mirror.declaration.*;

    30 

    31 

    32 /**

    33  * Represents a class type.

    34  * Interface types are represented separately by {@link InterfaceType}.

    35  * Note that an {@linkplain EnumType enum} is a kind of class.

    36  *

    37  * <p> While a {@link ClassDeclaration} represents the <i>declaration</i>

    38  * of a class, a <tt>ClassType</tt> represents a class <i>type</i>.

    39  * See {@link TypeDeclaration} for more on this distinction.

    40  *

    41  * @deprecated All components of this API have been superseded by the

    42  * standardized annotation processing API.  The replacement for the

    43  * functionality of this interface is included in {@link

    44  * javax.lang.model.type.DeclaredType}.

    45  *

    46  * @author Joseph D. Darcy

    47  * @author Scott Seligman

    48  * @since 1.5

    49  */

    50 @Deprecated

    51 @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")

    52 public interface ClassType extends DeclaredType {

    53 

    54     /**

    55      * {@inheritDoc}

    56      */

    57     ClassDeclaration getDeclaration();

    58 

    59     /**

    60      * Returns the class type that is a direct supertype of this one.

    61      * This is the superclass of this type's declaring class, with any

    62      * type arguments substituted in.

    63      * The only class with no superclass is <tt>java.lang.Object</tt>,

    64      * for which this method returns <tt>null</tt>.

    65      *

    66      * <p> For example, the class type extended by

    67      * {@code java.util.TreeSet<String>} is

    68      * {@code java.util.AbstractSet<String>}.

    69      *

    70      * @return the class type that is a direct supertype of this one,

    71      * or <tt>null</tt> if there is none

    72      */

    73     ClassType getSuperclass();

    74 }