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1 /*
2  * @(#)ClassType.java 1.2 04/04/30
3  *
4  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
5  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
6  */
7
8 package com.sun.mirror.type;
9
10
11 import com.sun.mirror.declaration.*;
12
13
14 /**
15  * Represents a class type.
16  * Interface types are represented separately by {@link InterfaceType}.
17  * Note that an {@linkplain EnumType enum} is a kind of class.
18  *
19  * <p> While a {@link ClassDeclaration} represents the <i>declaration</i>
20  * of a class, a <tt>ClassType</tt> represents a class <i>type</i>.
21  * See {@link TypeDeclaration} for more on this distinction.
22  *
23  * @author Joseph D. Darcy
24  * @author Scott Seligman
25  * @version 1.2 04/04/30
26  * @since 1.5
27  */
28
29 public interface ClassType extends DeclaredType {
30
31     /**
32      * {@inheritDoc}
33      */
34     ClassDeclaration getDeclaration();
35
36     /**
37      * Returns the class type that is a direct supertype of this one.
38      * This is the superclass of this type's declaring class, with any
39      * type arguments substituted in.
40      * The only class with no superclass is <tt>java.lang.Object</tt>,
41      * for which this method returns <tt>null</tt>.
42      *
43      * <p> For example, the class type extended by
44      * {@code java.util.TreeSet<String>} is
45      * {@code java.util.AbstractSet<String>}.
46      *
47      * @return the class type that is a direct supertype of this one,
48      * or <tt>null</tt> if there is none
49      */
50     ClassType getSuperclass();
51 }
52
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