/* * @(#)Declarations.java	1.1 04/01/26 * * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved. * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL.  Use is subject to license terms. */package com.sun.mirror.util;import com.sun.mirror.declaration.*;/** * Utility methods for operating on declarations. * * @author Joseph D. Darcy * @author Scott Seligman * @version 1.1 04/01/26 * @since 1.5 */public interface Declarations {    /**     * Tests whether one type, method, or field declaration hides another.     *     * @param sub the first member     * @param sup the second member     * @return <tt>true</tt> if and only if the first member hides     *		the second     */    boolean hides(MemberDeclaration sub, MemberDeclaration sup);    /**     * Tests whether one method overrides another.  When a     * non-abstract method overrides an abstract one, the     * former is also said to <i>implement</i> the latter.     *     * @param sub the first method     * @param sup the second method     * @return <tt>true</tt> if and only if the first method overrides     *		the second     */    boolean overrides(MethodDeclaration sub, MethodDeclaration sup);}