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public R accept (ElementVisitor< R, P> v, P p)

Applies a visitor to this element.

public TypeMirror asType ()

Returns the type defined by this element.

public boolean equals (Object obj)

Returns true if the argument represents the same element as this, or false otherwise.

Note that the identity of an element involves implicit state not directly accessible from the element's methods, including state about the presence of unrelated types. Element objects created by different implementations of these interfaces should not be expected to be equal even if "the same" element is being modeled; this is analogous to the inequality of Class objects for the same class file loaded through different class loaders.
Returns: {@code true} if the specified object represents the same element as this
Parameters:
- obj - the object to be compared with this element

public A getAnnotation (Class< A> annotationType)

Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is present, else null.

Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is present, else null. The annotation may be either inherited or directly present on this element.

The annotation returned by this method could contain an element whose value is of type Class. This value cannot be returned directly: information necessary to locate and load a class (such as the class loader to use) is not available, and the class might not be loadable at all. Attempting to read a Class object by invoking the relevant method on the returned annotation will result in a MirroredTypeException, from which the corresponding TypeMirror may be extracted. Similarly, attempting to read a Class[]-valued element will result in a MirroredTypesException.

Note: This method is unlike others in this and related interfaces. It operates on runtime reflective information — representations of annotation types currently loaded into the VM — rather than on the representations defined by and used throughout these interfaces. Consequently, calling methods on the returned annotation object can throw many of the exceptions that can be thrown when calling methods on an annotation object returned by core reflection. This method is intended for callers that are written to operate on a known, fixed set of annotation types.

Returns: this element's annotation for the specified annotation type if present on this element, else {@code null}
Parameters:
- A - the annotation type
- annotationType - the {@code Class} object corresponding to the annotation type
See Also: Element.getAnnotationMirrors(), AnnotatedElement.getAnnotation(java.lang.Class), EnumConstantNotPresentException, AnnotationTypeMismatchException, IncompleteAnnotationException, MirroredTypeException, MirroredTypesException,

public List<AnnotationMirror> getAnnotationMirrors ()

Returns the annotations that are directly present on this element.

public List<Element> getEnclosedElements ()

Returns the elements that are, loosely speaking, directly enclosed by this element.

Returns the elements that are, loosely speaking, directly enclosed by this element. A class or interface is considered to enclose the fields, methods, constructors, and member types that it directly declares. This includes any (implicit) default constructor and the implicit values and valueOf methods of an enum type. A package encloses the top-level classes and interfaces within it, but is not considered to enclose subpackages. Other kinds of elements are not currently considered to enclose any elements; however, that may change as this API or the programming language evolves.

Note that elements of certain kinds can be isolated using methods in ElementFilter.
Returns: the enclosed elements, or an empty list if none
See Also: Elements.getAllMembers(javax.lang.model.element.TypeElement),

public Element getEnclosingElement ()

Returns the innermost element within which this element is, loosely speaking, enclosed.

public ElementKind getKind ()

Returns the kind of this element.

Returns the kind of this element.
Returns: the kind of this element

public Set<Modifier> getModifiers ()

Returns the modifiers of this element, excluding annotations.

Returns the modifiers of this element, excluding annotations.
Implicit modifiers, such as the public and static
modifiers of interface members, are included.
Returns: the modifiers of this element, or an empty set if there are none

public Name getSimpleName ()

Returns the simple (unqualified) name of this element.

Returns the simple (unqualified) name of this element.
The name of a generic type does not include any reference
to its formal type parameters.
For example, the simple name of the type element
java.util.Set<E> is "Set".
If this element represents an unnamed package, an empty name is
returned. If it represents a constructor, the name "<init>" is returned. If it represents a static initializer,
the name "<clinit>" is returned. If it represents an
anonymous class or instance initializer, an empty name is
returned.
Returns: the simple name of this element

public int hashCode ()

Obeys the general contract of Object.hashCode.