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    25 

    26 package com.sun.mirror.util;

    27 

    28 

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

    30 

    31 

    32 /**

    33  * Utility methods for operating on declarations.

    34  *

    35  * @deprecated All components of this API have been superseded by the

    36  * standardized annotation processing API.  The replacement for the

    37  * functionality of this interface is {@link

    38  * javax.lang.model.util.Elements}.

    39  *

    40  * @author Joseph D. Darcy

    41  * @author Scott Seligman

    42  * @since 1.5

    43  */

    44 @Deprecated

    45 @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")

    46 public interface Declarations {

    47 

    48     /**

    49      * Tests whether one type, method, or field declaration hides another.

    50      *

    51      * @param sub the first member

    52      * @param sup the second member

    53      * @return <tt>true</tt> if and only if the first member hides

    54      *          the second

    55      */

    56     boolean hides(MemberDeclaration sub, MemberDeclaration sup);

    57 

    58     /**

    59      * Tests whether one method overrides another.  When a

    60      * non-abstract method overrides an abstract one, the

    61      * former is also said to <i>implement</i> the latter.

    62      *

    63      * @param sub the first method

    64      * @param sup the second method

    65      * @return <tt>true</tt> if and only if the first method overrides

    66      *          the second

    67      */

    68     boolean overrides(MethodDeclaration sub, MethodDeclaration sup);

    69 }