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1 /*
2  * @(#)Declarations.java 1.1 04/01/26
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.util;
9
10
11 import com.sun.mirror.declaration.*;
12
13
14 /**
15  * Utility methods for operating on declarations.
16  *
17  * @author Joseph D. Darcy
18  * @author Scott Seligman
19  * @version 1.1 04/01/26
20  * @since 1.5
21  */
22
23 public interface Declarations {
24
25     /**
26      * Tests whether one type, method, or field declaration hides another.
27      *
28      * @param sub the first member
29      * @param sup the second member
30      * @return <tt>true</tt> if and only if the first member hides
31      * the second
32      */
33     boolean hides(MemberDeclaration sub, MemberDeclaration sup);
34
35     /**
36      * Tests whether one method overrides another. When a
37      * non-abstract method overrides an abstract one, the
38      * former is also said to <i>implement</i> the latter.
39      *
40      * @param sub the first method
41      * @param sup the second method
42      * @return <tt>true</tt> if and only if the first method overrides
43      * the second
44      */
45     boolean overrides(MethodDeclaration sub, MethodDeclaration sup);
46 }
47
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