aptIn16/apt-mirror-api/src/main/java/com/sun/mirror/declaration/AnnotationMirror.java

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/*
* @(#)AnnotationMirror.java 1.5 04/07/16
*
* Copyright (c) 2004, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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package com.sun.mirror.declaration;
import java.util.Map;
import com.sun.mirror.type.AnnotationType;
import com.sun.mirror.util.SourcePosition;
/**
* Represents an annotation. An annotation associates a value with
* each element of an annotation type.
* <p/>
* <p> Annotations should not be compared using reference-equality
* ("<tt>==</tt>"). There is no guarantee that any particular
* annotation will always be represented by the same object.
*
* @author Joseph D. Darcy
* @author Scott Seligman
* @version 1.5 04/07/16
* @since 1.5
*/
public interface AnnotationMirror {
/**
* Returns the annotation type of this annotation.
*
* @return the annotation type of this annotation
*/
AnnotationType getAnnotationType();
/**
* Returns the source position of the beginning of this annotation.
* Returns null if the position is unknown or not applicable.
* <p/>
* <p>This source position is intended for use in providing diagnostics,
* and indicates only approximately where an annotation begins.
*
* @return the source position of the beginning of this annotation or
* null if the position is unknown or not applicable
*/
SourcePosition getPosition();
/**
* Returns this annotation's elements and their values.
* This is returned in the form of a map that associates elements
* with their corresponding values.
* Only those elements and values explicitly present in the
* annotation are included, not those that are implicitly assuming
* their default values.
* The order of the map matches the order in which the
* elements appear in the annotation's source.
*
* @return this annotation's elements and their values,
* or an empty map if there are none
*/
Map<AnnotationTypeElementDeclaration, AnnotationValue> getElementValues();
}