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## DesignTimeMethodMetadata interface

Design time metadata for a method.

**Signature:**

```typescript
export interface DesignTimeMethodMetadata 
```

## Example


```ts
class MyController
{
  myMethod(x: string, y: number, z: MyClass): boolean {
    // ...
    return true;
  }
}
```
The `myMethod` above has design-time metadata as follows:

```ts
{
  type: Function,
  parameterTypes: [String, Number, MyClass],
  returnType: Boolean
}
```

## Properties

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Property


</th><th>

Modifiers


</th><th>

Type


</th><th>

Description


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[parameterTypes](./metadata.designtimemethodmetadata.parametertypes.md)


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Function\[\]


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An array of parameter types.


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[returnType](./metadata.designtimemethodmetadata.returntype.md)


</td><td markdown="1">


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Function \| undefined


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Return type, may be `undefined` (e.g. for constructors).


</td></tr>
<tr><td markdown="1">

[type](./metadata.designtimemethodmetadata.type.md)


</td><td markdown="1">


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Function \| undefined


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Type of the method itself. It is `Function` for methods, `undefined` for the constructor.


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