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 * IBM - Initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp;

import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.DOMException;

/**
 * @author Doug Schaefer
 */
public interface ICPPMethod extends ICPPFunction, ICPPMember {
	public static final ICPPMethod [] EMPTY_CPPMETHOD_ARRAY = new ICPPMethod[0];
	
	/**
	 * is this a virtual method
	 * @return
	 * @throws DOMException
	 */
	public boolean isVirtual() throws DOMException;
	
	/**
	 * is this a destructor
	 * 
	 * returns true if its name starts with '~' 
	 */
	public boolean isDestructor() throws DOMException;

	/**
	 * Returns whether this is an implicit method (constructor, assignment operator, etc.)
	 * @since 4.0
	 */
	public boolean isImplicit();
}
