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025    
026    package com.sun.mirror.declaration;
027    
028    
029    import com.sun.mirror.type.TypeMirror;
030    import com.sun.mirror.type.VoidType;
031    
032    
033    /**
034     * Represents a method of a class or interface.
035     * Note that an
036     * {@linkplain AnnotationTypeElementDeclaration annotation type element}
037     * is a kind of method.
038     *
039     * @author Joseph D. Darcy
040     * @author Scott Seligman
041     * @since 1.5
042     */
043    
044    public interface MethodDeclaration extends ExecutableDeclaration {
045    
046        /**
047         * Returns the formal return type of this method.
048         * Returns {@link VoidType} if this method does not return a value.
049         *
050         * @return the formal return type of this method
051         */
052        TypeMirror getReturnType();
053    }