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/*
 * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
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package org.springframework.core.type;

/**
 * Interface that defines abstract access to the annotations of a specific
 * class, in a form that does not require that class to be loaded yet.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @author Mark Pollack
 * @author Chris Beams
 * @author Phillip Webb
 * @since 3.0
 * @see StandardMethodMetadata
 * @see AnnotationMetadata#getAnnotatedMethods
 * @see AnnotatedTypeMetadata
 */
public interface MethodMetadata extends AnnotatedTypeMetadata {

    /**
     * Return the name of the method.
     */
    String getMethodName();

    /**
     * Return the fully-qualified name of the class that declares this method.
     */
    String getDeclaringClassName();

    /**
     * Return the fully-qualified name of this method's declared return type.
     * @since 4.2
     */
    String getReturnTypeName();

    /**
     * Return whether the underlying method is effectively abstract:
     * i.e. marked as abstract on a class or declared as a regular,
     * non-default method in an interface.
     * @since 4.2
     */
    boolean isAbstract();

    /**
     * Return whether the underlying method is declared as 'static'.
     */
    boolean isStatic();

    /**
     * Return whether the underlying method is marked as 'final'.
     */
    boolean isFinal();

    /**
     * Return whether the underlying method is overridable,
     * i.e. not marked as static, final or private.
     */
    boolean isOverridable();

}