001/* 002 * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 017package org.springframework.core.type; 018 019/** 020 * Interface that defines abstract access to the annotations of a specific 021 * class, in a form that does not require that class to be loaded yet. 022 * 023 * @author Juergen Hoeller 024 * @author Mark Pollack 025 * @author Chris Beams 026 * @author Phillip Webb 027 * @since 3.0 028 * @see StandardMethodMetadata 029 * @see AnnotationMetadata#getAnnotatedMethods 030 * @see AnnotatedTypeMetadata 031 */ 032public interface MethodMetadata extends AnnotatedTypeMetadata { 033 034 /** 035 * Return the name of the method. 036 */ 037 String getMethodName(); 038 039 /** 040 * Return the fully-qualified name of the class that declares this method. 041 */ 042 String getDeclaringClassName(); 043 044 /** 045 * Return the fully-qualified name of this method's declared return type. 046 * @since 4.2 047 */ 048 String getReturnTypeName(); 049 050 /** 051 * Return whether the underlying method is effectively abstract: 052 * i.e. marked as abstract on a class or declared as a regular, 053 * non-default method in an interface. 054 * @since 4.2 055 */ 056 boolean isAbstract(); 057 058 /** 059 * Return whether the underlying method is declared as 'static'. 060 */ 061 boolean isStatic(); 062 063 /** 064 * Return whether the underlying method is marked as 'final'. 065 */ 066 boolean isFinal(); 067 068 /** 069 * Return whether the underlying method is overridable, 070 * i.e. not marked as static, final or private. 071 */ 072 boolean isOverridable(); 073 074}