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  package openjdk.source.tree;
  
  import java.util.List;
  import jdkx.lang.model.element.Name;
  
  /**
   * A tree node for a method or annotation type element declaration.
   *
   * For example:
   * <pre>
   *   <em>modifiers</em> <em>typeParameters</em> <em>type</em> <em>name</em>
   *      ( <em>parameters</em> )
   *      <em>body</em>
   *
   *   <em>modifiers</em> <em>type</em> <em>name</em> () default <em>defaultValue</em>
   * </pre>
   *
   * @jls 8.4 Method Declarations
   * @jls 8.6 Instance Initializers
   * @jls 8.7 Static Initializers
   * @jls 9.4 Method Declarations
   * @jls 9.6.1 Annotation Type Elements
   *
   * @author Peter von der Ah&eacute;
   * @author Jonathan Gibbons
   * @since 1.6
   */
  public interface MethodTree extends Tree {
      /**
       * Returns the modifiers, including any annotations for the method being declared.
       * @return the modifiers
       */
      ModifiersTree getModifiers();
  
      /**
       * Returns the name of the method being declared.
       * @return the name
       */
      Name getName();
  
      /**
       * Returns the return type of the method being declared.
       * Returns {@code null} for a constructor.
       * @return the return type
       */
      Tree getReturnType();
  
      /**
       * Returns the type parameters of the method being declared.
       * @return the type parameters
       */
      List<? extends TypeParameterTree> getTypeParameters();
  
      /**
       * Returns the parameters of the method being declared.
       * @return the parameters
       */
      List<? extends VariableTree> getParameters();
  
      /**
       * Return an explicit receiver parameter ("this" parameter),
       * or {@code null} if none.
       *
       * @return an explicit receiver parameter ("this" parameter)
       * @since 1.8
       */
      VariableTree getReceiverParameter();
  
      /**
       * Returns the exceptions listed as being thrown by this method.
       * @return the exceptions
       */
      List<? extends ExpressionTree> getThrows();
  
      /**
       * Returns the method body, or {@code null} if this is an abstract or native method.
       * @return the method body
       */
      BlockTree getBody();
  
      /**
       * Returns the default value, if this is an element within
       * an annotation type declaration.
       * Returns {@code null} otherwise.
       * @return the default value
       */
      Tree getDefaultValue(); // for annotation types
  }
  