XElement (ProtoStream - core 4.5.0.Dev04 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

XClass, XConstructor, XEnumConstant, XExecutable, XField, XMember, XMethod
```
public interface XElement
```
A Java Program element.

Since:

4.3

Author:

[email protected]

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`<A extends Annotation> A`	`getAnnotation(Class<A> annotationClass)`	Returns this element's annotation if present.
`<A extends Annotation> A[]`	`getAnnotationsByType(Class<A> annotationClass)`
`String`	`getDocumentation()`	Collect and concatenate the description text from the (possibly multiple) `@ProtoDoc.value` annotations found on the element, in order of occurrence.
`int`	`getModifiers()`	The modifiers, as per java.lang.reflect.Modifier.
`String`	`getName()`
`default boolean`	`isFinal()`
`default boolean`	`isPrivate()`
`default boolean`	`isPublic()`
`default boolean`	`isStatic()`

- Method Detail
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
  - getModifiers
```
int getModifiers()
```
    The modifiers, as per java.lang.reflect.Modifier.
  - isStatic
```
default boolean isStatic()
```
  - isFinal
```
default boolean isFinal()
```
  - isPublic
```
default boolean isPublic()
```
  - isPrivate
```
default boolean isPrivate()
```
  - getAnnotation
```
<A extends Annotation> A getAnnotation(Class<A> annotationClass)
```
    Returns this element's annotation if present.
  - getAnnotationsByType
```
<A extends Annotation> A[] getAnnotationsByType(Class<A> annotationClass)
```
  - getDocumentation
```
String getDocumentation()
```
    Collect and concatenate the description text from the (possibly multiple) @ProtoDoc.value annotations found on the element, in order of occurrence.
    
    Returns:
    
    the documentation or null if no doc or empty doc present