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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 }