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+/*
+ * Copyright 1998-2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  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.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun 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 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+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
+ */
+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</code>,
+     * return "java.util.Hashtable".
+     * <p>
+     * For the method <code>bar()</code> in class <code>Foo</code>
+     * 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
+     */
+    int modifierSpecifier();
+
+    /**
+     * Get modifiers string.
+     * For example, for:
+     * <pre>
+     *   public abstract int foo() { ... }
+     * </pre>
+     * return "public abstract".
+     * Annotations are not included.
+     */
+    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.
+     */
+    boolean isPublic();
+
+    /**
+     * Return true if this program element is protected.
+     */
+    boolean isProtected();
+
+    /**
+     * Return true if this program element is private.
+     */
+    boolean isPrivate();
+
+    /**
+     * Return true if this program element is package private.
+     */
+    boolean isPackagePrivate();
+    /**
+     * Return true if this program element is static.
+     */
+    boolean isStatic();
+
+    /**
+     * Return true if this program element is final.
+     */
+    boolean isFinal();
+}