Doclet API

com.sun.javadoc
Interface ProgramElementDoc

All Superinterfaces:
Comparable, Doc
All Known Subinterfaces:
ClassDoc, ConstructorDoc, ExecutableMemberDoc, FieldDoc, MemberDoc, MethodDoc

public interface ProgramElementDoc
extends Doc

Represents a java program element: class, interface, field, constructor, or method. This is an abstract class dealing with information common to these elements.

See Also:
MemberDoc, ClassDoc

Method Summary
 ClassDoc containingClass()
          Get the containing class or interface of this program element.
 PackageDoc containingPackage()
          Get the package that this program element is contained in.
 boolean isFinal()
          Return true if this program element is final.
 boolean isPackagePrivate()
          Return true if this program element is package private.
 boolean isPrivate()
          Return true if this program element is private.
 boolean isProtected()
          Return true if this program element is protected.
 boolean isPublic()
          Return true if this program element is public.
 boolean isStatic()
          Return true if this program element is static.
 String modifiers()
          Get modifiers string.
 int modifierSpecifier()
          Get the modifier specifier integer.
 String qualifiedName()
          Get the fully qualified name of this program element.
 
Methods inherited from interface com.sun.javadoc.Doc
commentText, compareTo, firstSentenceTags, getRawCommentText, inlineTags, isClass, isConstructor, isError, isException, isField, isIncluded, isInterface, isMethod, isOrdinaryClass, name, position, seeTags, setRawCommentText, tags, tags
 

Method Detail

containingClass

public ClassDoc containingClass()
Get the containing class or interface of this program element.

Returns:
a ClassDoc for this element's containing class or interface. If this is a top-level class or interface, return null.

containingPackage

public PackageDoc containingPackage()
Get the package that this program element is contained in.

Returns:
a PackageDoc for this element containing package. If in the unnamed package, this PackageDoc will have the name "".

qualifiedName

public String qualifiedName()
Get the fully qualified name of this program element. For example, for the class java.util.Hashtable, return "java.util.Hashtable".

For the method bar() in class Foo in the unnamed package, return "Foo.bar".

Returns:
the qualified name of the program element as a String.

modifierSpecifier

public int modifierSpecifier()
Get the modifier specifier integer.

See Also:
Modifier

modifiers

public String modifiers()
Get modifiers string. For example, for:
   public abstract int foo() { ... }
 
return "public abstract".


isPublic

public boolean isPublic()
Return true if this program element is public.


isProtected

public boolean isProtected()
Return true if this program element is protected.


isPrivate

public boolean isPrivate()
Return true if this program element is private.


isPackagePrivate

public boolean isPackagePrivate()
Return true if this program element is package private.


isStatic

public boolean isStatic()
Return true if this program element is static.


isFinal

public boolean isFinal()
Return true if this program element is final.


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