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| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
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| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.jdt.core; |
| |
| /** |
| * Common protocol for Java elements that can be annotated. |
| * |
| * @since 3.4 |
| * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. |
| */ |
| public interface IAnnotatable { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the annotation with the given name declared on this element. |
| * This is a handle-only method. The annotation may or may not exist. |
| * |
| * @param name the given simple name |
| * @return the annotation with the given name declared on this element |
| */ |
| IAnnotation getAnnotation(String name); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the annotations for this element. |
| * Returns an empty array if this element has no annotations. |
| * |
| * @exception JavaModelException if this element does not exist or if an |
| * exception occurs while accessing its corresponding resource. |
| * @return the annotations of this element, |
| * in the order declared in the source, or an empty array if none |
| * @since 3.4 |
| */ |
| IAnnotation[] getAnnotations() throws JavaModelException; |
| } |