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