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| * Copyright (c) 2004, 2009 IBM Corporation and others. |
| * 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 |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.jdt.core.util; |
| |
| /** |
| * Description of a annotation structure as described in the JVM specifications |
| * (added in J2SE 1.5). |
| * |
| * This interface may be implemented by clients. |
| * |
| * @since 3.0 |
| */ |
| public interface IAnnotation { |
| /** |
| * Answer back the type index as described in the JVM specifications. |
| * |
| * @return the type index |
| */ |
| int getTypeIndex(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Answer back the type name as described in the JVM specifications. |
| * |
| * @return the type name |
| * @since 3.1 |
| */ |
| char[] getTypeName(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Answer back the number of components as described in the JVM specifications. |
| * |
| * @return the type index |
| */ |
| int getComponentsNumber(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Answer back the components as described in the JVM specifications. Answer an |
| * empty collection if none. |
| * |
| * @return the components |
| */ |
| IAnnotationComponent[] getComponents(); |
| } |