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package com.intellij.psi;

import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Represents a PSI element which has a list of modifiers (public/private/protected/etc.)
 * and annotations.
 */
public interface PsiModifierListOwner extends PsiElement {
  /**
   * Returns the list of modifiers for the element.
   *
   * @return the list of modifiers, or null if the element (for example, an anonymous
   * inner class) does not have the list of modifiers.
   */
  @Nullable
  PsiModifierList getModifierList();

  /**
   * Checks if the element has the specified modifier. Possible modifiers are defined
   * as constants in the {@link PsiModifier} class.
   *
   * @param name the name of the modifier to check.
   * @return true if the element has the modifier, false otherwise
   */
  boolean hasModifierProperty(@PsiModifier.ModifierConstant @NonNls @NotNull String name);
}