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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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+ */
+
+package com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import com.sun.javadoc.*;
+
+/**
+ * The interface for writing method output.
+ *
+ *  <p><b>This is NOT part of any supported API.
+ *  If you write code that depends on this, you do so at your own risk.
+ *  This code and its internal interfaces are subject to change or
+ *  deletion without notice.</b>
+ *
+ * @author Jamie Ho
+ * @author Bhavesh Patel (Modified)
+ * @since 1.5
+ */
+
+public interface MethodWriter {
+
+    /**
+     * Get the method details tree header.
+     *
+     * @param classDoc the class being documented
+     * @param memberDetailsTree the content tree representing member details
+     * @return content tree for the method details header
+     */
+    public Content getMethodDetailsTreeHeader(ClassDoc classDoc,
+            Content memberDetailsTree);
+
+    /**
+     * Get the method documentation tree header.
+     *
+     * @param method the method being documented
+     * @param methodDetailsTree the content tree representing method details
+     * @return content tree for the method documentation header
+     */
+    public Content getMethodDocTreeHeader(MethodDoc method,
+            Content methodDetailsTree);
+
+    /**
+     * Get the signature for the given method.
+     *
+     * @param method the method being documented
+     * @return content tree for the method signature
+     */
+    public Content getSignature(MethodDoc method);
+
+    /**
+     * Add the deprecated output for the given method.
+     *
+     * @param method the method being documented
+     * @param methodDocTree content tree to which the deprecated information will be added
+     */
+    public void addDeprecated(MethodDoc method, Content methodDocTree);
+
+    /**
+     * Add the comments for the given method.
+     *
+     * @param holder the holder type (not erasure) of the method
+     * @param method the method being documented
+     * @param methodDocTree the content tree to which the comments will be added
+     */
+    public void addComments(Type holder, MethodDoc method, Content methodDocTree);
+
+    /**
+     * Add the tags for the given method.
+     *
+     * @param method the method being documented
+     * @param methodDocTree the content tree to which the tags will be added
+     */
+    public void addTags(MethodDoc method, Content methodDocTree);
+
+    /**
+     * Get the method details tree.
+     *
+     * @param methodDetailsTree the content tree representing method details
+     * @return content tree for the method details
+     */
+    public Content getMethodDetails(Content methodDetailsTree);
+
+    /**
+     * Get the method documentation.
+     *
+     * @param methodDocTree the content tree representing method documentation
+     * @param isLastContent true if the content to be added is the last content
+     * @return content tree for the method documentation
+     */
+    public Content getMethodDoc(Content methodDocTree, boolean isLastContent);
+
+    /**
+     * Close the writer.
+     */
+    public void close() throws IOException;
+}