01: /*
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24: */
25:
26: package com.sun.mirror.type;
27:
28: import com.sun.mirror.declaration.*;
29:
30: /**
31: * Represents a class type.
32: * Interface types are represented separately by {@link InterfaceType}.
33: * Note that an {@linkplain EnumType enum} is a kind of class.
34: *
35: * <p> While a {@link ClassDeclaration} represents the <i>declaration</i>
36: * of a class, a <tt>ClassType</tt> represents a class <i>type</i>.
37: * See {@link TypeDeclaration} for more on this distinction.
38: *
39: * @author Joseph D. Darcy
40: * @author Scott Seligman
41: * @version 1.9 07/05/05
42: * @since 1.5
43: */
44:
45: public interface ClassType extends DeclaredType {
46:
47: /**
48: * {@inheritDoc}
49: */
50: ClassDeclaration getDeclaration();
51:
52: /**
53: * Returns the class type that is a direct supertype of this one.
54: * This is the superclass of this type's declaring class, with any
55: * type arguments substituted in.
56: * The only class with no superclass is <tt>java.lang.Object</tt>,
57: * for which this method returns <tt>null</tt>.
58: *
59: * <p> For example, the class type extended by
60: * {@code java.util.TreeSet<String>} is
61: * {@code java.util.AbstractSet<String>}.
62: *
63: * @return the class type that is a direct supertype of this one,
64: * or <tt>null</tt> if there is none
65: */
66: ClassType getSuperclass();
67: }
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