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      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
     11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
     12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
     13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     14  * limitations under the License.
     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      */
     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      */
     41     Set<IAnnotationElement> getElements();
     42 }
     43