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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Júlio Vilmar Gesser.
+ * Copyright (C) 2011, 2013-2016 The JavaParser Team.
+ *
+ * This file is part of JavaParser.
+ *
+ * JavaParser can be used either under the terms of
+ * a) the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ *     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *     (at your option) any later version.
+ * b) the terms of the Apache License
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of both licenses in LICENCE.LGPL and
+ * LICENCE.APACHE. Please refer to those files for details.
+ *
+ * JavaParser is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+package com.github.javaparser.ast.nodeTypes;
+
+/**
+ * Node with a declaration representable as a String.
+ *
+ * @author Federico Tomassetti
+ * @since July 2014
+ */
+public interface NodeWithDeclaration {
+
+    /**
+     * As {@link NodeWithDeclaration#getDeclarationAsString(boolean, boolean, boolean)} including
+     * the modifiers, the throws clause and the parameters with both type and name.
+     *
+     * @return String representation of declaration
+     */
+    String getDeclarationAsString();
+
+    /**
+     * As {@link NodeWithDeclaration#getDeclarationAsString(boolean, boolean, boolean)} including
+     * the parameters with both type and name.
+     *
+     * @param includingModifiers flag to include the modifiers (if present) in the string produced
+     * @param includingThrows flag to include the throws clause (if present) in the string produced
+     * @return String representation of declaration based on parameter flags
+     */
+    String getDeclarationAsString(boolean includingModifiers, boolean includingThrows);
+
+    /**
+     * A simple representation of the element declaration.
+     * It should fit one string.
+     *
+     * @param includingModifiers flag to include the modifiers (if present) in the string produced
+     * @param includingThrows flag to include the throws clause (if present) in the string produced
+     * @param includingParameterName flag to include the parameter name (while the parameter type is always included) in
+     * the string produced
+     * @return String representation of declaration based on parameter flags
+     */
+    String getDeclarationAsString(boolean includingModifiers, boolean includingThrows, boolean includingParameterName);
+}