1 /*
2  * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
3  *
4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7  *
8  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9  *
10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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15  */
16 
17 package signature.model;
18 
19 import java.util.Set;
20 
21 /**
22  * {@code IAnnotation} models an <em>instance</em> of an annotation which is
23  * attached to a program element. The definition of an annotation type is
24  * modeled as an {@link IClassDefinition} with the {@link Kind#ANNOTATION}.
25  */
26 public interface IAnnotation {
27     /**
28      * Returns the annotation type of this annotation.
29      *
30      * @return the annotation type of this annotation
31      */
getType()32     IClassReference getType();
33 
34     /**
35      * Returns the elements declared in this annotation. The values which are
36      * not declared are not contained in this list. Each element consists of its
37      * name and its value.
38      *
39      * @return elements declared in this annotation
40      */
getElements()41     Set<IAnnotationElement> getElements();
42 }
43