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package com.sun.javadoc;

public interface ClassDoc extends ProgramElementDoc, Type
{

/**
  * This method tests whether or not the class represented by this object
  * is abstract.
  *
  * @return <code>true</code> if the class is abstract, <code>false</code>,
  * otherwise.
  */
public abstract boolean
isAbstract();

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method tests whether or not the class represented by this object
  * is serializable.  That is, whether or not the class implements the
  * <code>java.io.Serializable</code> interface.  This includes classes
  * which are externalizable.
  *
  * @return <code>true</code> if the class is serializable,
  * <code>false</code> otherwise.
  */
public abstract boolean
isSerializable();

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method tests whether or not the class represented by this object
  * is externalizable.  That is, whether or not the class implements the
  * <code>java.io.Externalizable</code> interface.
  *
  * @return <code>true</code> if the class is externalizable,
  * <code>false</code> otherwise.
  */
public abstract boolean
isExternalizable();

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method returns the serialization methods for the class
  * represented by this object.  Is the custom readObject/writeObject
  * methods?
  *
  * @return The serialization methods for this class.
  */
public abstract MethodDoc[]
serializationMethods();

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method returns the list of fields that are serialized in this
  * class.  This will return either the list of fields with an
  * "@serial" declaration, or, if it exists, the
  * <code>serialPersistentField</code> field.
  *
  * @return The list of serializable fields.
  */
public abstract FieldDoc[]
serializableFields();

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method tests whether or not the class represented by this object
  * specifically defines its serializable fields in a
  * <code>serialPersistentFields</code> field.
  *
  * @return <code>true</code> if this class explicitly defines its
  * serializable fields, <code>false</code> otherwise.
  */
public abstract boolean
definesSerializableFields();

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method returns the superclass of the class represented by this
  * object.
  *
  * @return The superclass of this class.
  */
public abstract ClassDoc
superclass();

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method tests whether or not the class represented by this object is
  * a subclass of the specified class.
  *
  * @param cls The <code>ClassDoc</code> object of the class to test against.
  *
  * @return <code>true</code> if this class is a subclass of the specified
  * class, <code>false</code> otherwise.
  */
public abstract boolean
subclassOf(ClassDoc cls);

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method returns this list of interfaces implemented (or in the case
  * of interfaces, extended) by this class.  This list will only include
  * interfaces directly implemented by this class, not those inherited by
  * interfaced implemented in this class.
  *
  * @return The list of interfaces this class implements.
  */
public abstract ClassDoc[]
interfaces();

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method returns the list of fields that are visible to the user in
  * this class, or the list of all fields in this class.
  *
  * @param filtered if true, only return visible (included) fields;
  * otherwise, return all fields.
  *
  * @return The list of visible fields in this class, or the list of
  * all fields in this class.
  */
public abstract FieldDoc[]
fields(boolean filtered);

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method returns the list of fields that are visible to the user in
  * this class.  Does this depend on the -private -protected, etc flags
  * passed to javadoc?
  *
  * @return The list of visible fields in this class.
  */
public abstract FieldDoc[]
fields();

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method returns either the list of methods that are visible to
  * the user in the class represented by this object, or a list of all
  * methods, excluding constructor methods.
  *
  * @param filtered if true, only return visible (included) methods;
  * otherwise, return all methods.
  *
  * @return The list of all methods in this class, or the list of
  * visible methods in this class.
  */
public abstract MethodDoc[]
methods(boolean filtered);

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method returns the list of methods that are visible to the user in
  * the class represented by this object, excluding constructor methods.
  *
  * @return The list of visible methods in this class.
  */
public abstract MethodDoc[]
methods();

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method returns either the list of constructors that are
  * visible to the user in the class represented by this object, or
  * the list of all constructors.
  *
  * @param filtered if true, only return visible (included)
  * constructors; otherwise, return all constructors.
  *
  * @return The list of all constructors in this class, or the list
  * of visible constructors in this class.
  */
public abstract ConstructorDoc[]
constructors(boolean filtered);

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method returns the list of constructors that are visible to the user
  * in the class represented by this object.
  *
  * @return The list visible constructors in this class.
  */
public abstract ConstructorDoc[]
constructors();

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method returns the list of inner classes that are visible to
  * the user within the class represented by this object.
  *
  * @return The list of visible inner classes for this object.
  */
public abstract ClassDoc[]
innerClasses();

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method returns the list of all inner classes within the class
  * represented by this object, or the list of visible inner classes
  * in this class.
  *
  * @param filtered if true, only return visible (included) inner
  * classes; otherwise, return all inner classes.
  *
  * @return The list of all inner classes for this object, or the list
  * of visible inner classes.
  */
public abstract ClassDoc[]
innerClasses(boolean filtered);

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method returns a <code>ClassDoc</code> for the named class.  The
  * following search order is used:
  * <p>
  * <ol>
  * <li>Fully qualified class name.
  * <li>Inner classes within this class.
  * <li>In the current package.
  * <li>In the imports for this class.
  * </ol>
  *
  * @param name The name of the class to find.
  *
  * @return The requested class, or <code>null</code> if the requested
  * class cannot be found.
  */
public abstract ClassDoc
findClass(String name);

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method returns the list of classes that are imported.  This
  * excludes any imports of complete packages.
  *
  * @return The list of imported classes.
  */
public abstract ClassDoc[]
importedClasses();

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method returns the list of packages that are imported. This
  * excludes any individual class imports.
  *
  * @return The list of imported packages.
  */
public abstract PackageDoc[]
importedPackages();

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method returns the formal type parameters of this class.
  * The returned array is empty if the class does not represent a
  * parameterized type.
  *
  * @return The list of type parameters.
  * @since 1.5
  */
TypeVariable[]
typeParameters();

} // interface ClassDoc