net.sf.clirr.core.spi
Interface Scoped

All Known Subinterfaces:

Field, JavaType, Method

All Known Implementing Classes:

BcelJavaType

public interface Scoped

A Java source code entity like a type or a method that has the concept of a visibility scope. Each entity has two scopes: One that is declared and the effective scope. For example a public method can have an effective scope of package if it appears in a class that is package visible.

Author:

lk

Method Summary

Scope	getDeclaredScope() The declared scope of this entity.
Scope	getEffectiveScope() The effective Scope of this entity.

Method Detail

getDeclaredScope

Scope getDeclaredScope()

The declared scope of this entity.

Returns:

the scope that appears in the modifiers of this entity.

getEffectiveScope

Scope getEffectiveScope()

The effective Scope of this entity.

Returns:

the minimum scope of the modifiers of this entity and it's all of it's containers.