CtMethod.java

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package spoon.reflect.declaration;

/**
 * This element defines a method declaration.
 */
public interface CtMethod<T> extends CtExecutable<T>, CtTypeMember, CtFormalTypeDeclarer, CtShadowable {
	/**
	 * @param superMethod to be checked method
	 * @return true if this method overrides `superMethod`.<br>
	 * Returns true for itself too.
	 * <pre>
	 * assertTrue(this.isOverriding(this))
	 * </pre>
	 */
	boolean isOverriding(CtMethod<?> superMethod);
	/**
	 * Checks if the method is a default method. Default method can be in interfaces from
	 * Java 8: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/IandI/defaultmethods.html.
	 */
	boolean isDefaultMethod();

	/**
	 * Sets the default value state of a method.
	 */
	<C extends CtMethod<T>> C setDefaultMethod(boolean defaultMethod);

	/**
	 * Replaces this element by another one.
	 */
	<R extends T> void replace(CtMethod<T> element);

	@Override
	CtMethod<T> clone();
}